In an exciting friendly played on Wednesday evening, Al Sadd was held to a 0-0 draw with their Emirati opponents Al Ain. The friendly was held in the Austrian town of Mittersill and was the second of three preseason friendlies scheduled as part the squad’s overseas training camp ahead of the new Qatar Stars League season which is slated to kick off on September 11.
 
The Wolves started the first half well but although they were able to dominate possession, they could not open the scoring and at halftime it remained 0-0.
 
The second half saw head coach Hussein Ammota make a number of substitutions to test a few players. Both sides had lots of attempts on goal amidst an atmosphere of competitiveness and intensity from the players. However, the game still ended goalless at the final whistle.
 
Al Sadd started the game with: Saad al Sheeb, Lee Jong, Abdulkarim Hassan, Nadir Belhadj, Musab Khodr, Xavi, Talal al Baloushi, Ali Asad, Saleh Bader, Hassan Al Haydos and Muriqui.
 
The second half substitutes were Jaser Yahya, Meshaal al Shammari, Hamza al Sanhaji, Omar Yahya and Ahmed al Hardi.