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Al Sailiya managed to frustrate league title hopefuls Al Sadd with a 1-1 draw at the Jassim bin Hamad stadium yesterday evening.<br />
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The visitors Al Sailiya who last season were the talk of the town with their 4^th placed finish have struggled this season. The Peregrines have found the Qatar Stars League tough going and knew that they couldn’t afford to lose this round 8 fixture.<br />
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But things got off to a bad start for Trabelsi’s men when on the 8^th minute Hassan Haydoos made no mistake and fired home the game’s opener.<br />
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And that’s how it stayed for the first half.<br />
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After the restart however, Al Sailiya finally had a bit of luck when Sadd central defender Lee Jung-Soo put the ball in the back of his own net (46’).<br />
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This proved to be the lifeline for Al Sailiya who held on with all their might for the draw.<br />
Late on both teams had chances to put the game to bed but they failed to find that killer instinct in front of goal.<br />
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Things then went from bad to worse for Lee Jung-Soo, who had already scored an own goal. The Korean defender was then sent off for a second bookable offence.<br />
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Al Sadd looked sluggish and may have suffered from the international break in mid-October because many of their first team players also represented the national team. Al Sadd are now in Second place with 20 points.<br />
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For Sailiya the result means that they stay just outside the drop zone in 12^th spot but move a point ahead of Al Shahania.