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<div><strong><u>Al Gharafa 3-2 Al Wakrah</u></strong><br />
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<strong>Masoud Shojaei scored a last-gasp winner for Al Gharafa to help the Cheetahs win a five-goal thriller against Al Wakrah.</strong><br />
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The Iranian international converted a penalty in the fifth minute of added time to push Gharafa up to eighth in the QSL, and above the Blue Waves.<br />
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It was a topsy-turvy match at Gharafa Stadium between two mid-table sides. Wakrah can consider themselves unlucky not to have taken at least a point from the game, while Gharafa will hope this result can kick-start a strong run going into the business end of the season.<br />
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Sebastian Saez put Wakrah in front with a penalty in the tenth minute but Gharafa equalised just before half-time through new signing Krisztian Nemeth. The Hungarian scored his fourth goal in three games after capitalising on a poorly defended set piece. Vladimir Weiss swung in a corner, defender George Kwasi flicked it on and slack marking allowed Nemeth to nod home from close range.<br />
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With momentum on their side after the break, Gharafa took the lead in the 48^th minute. Weiss squared the ball to Abdulaziz Hatem and the Qatari international strode forward before hitting a shot from 25 yards which found its way past Wakrah goalkeeper Hassan Dicko via a deflection off Mohammed Arfah.<br />
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Hatem’s goal lifted Gharafa but the Cheetahs were pegged back late on by a superb Wakrah set piece. Moroccan international Mouhcine Moutouali chipped a free-kick straight onto the head of Saez, and the South American produced a superb looping header to beat Abdulaziz Ali in the Gharafa goal.<br />
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A draw would probably have been a fair result but Shojaei had the final say with virtually the last kick of the game.<br />
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