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<p>Al Kharaitiyat beat Al Gharafa 3-0 with a clinical display of football in Week 18 of the QNB Stars League at the Al Khor Stadium on Wednesday.</p><p>It was bottom-placed Al Kharaitiyat’s third win of the season and second in a row as they took their points tally to nine, while Al Gharafa remained on 19 points.</p><p>Al Kharaitiyat had beaten Umm Salal in Week 17.</p><p>Al Kharaitiyat opened the scoring in the 30th minute through Mohammed Razzaq, who made the most of a mistake by goalkeeper Yousef Hassan, who let slip a loopy cross after he had initially collected the ball.</p><p>The ball slipped out of his hands and made its way to Razzaq, who quickly produced a left-footed drive to send the ball into the net.</p><p>Valentin Lazar made it 2-0 a minute after the hour mark with a left-footed shot from close range. Substitute Abdulaziz Rashid Al Ansari found the Romanian with a low ball from inside the Al Gharafa box and the latter easily slotted the ball into the net.</p><p>The duo of Valentin and Al Ansari combined yet again for Al Kharaitiyat’s third goal in the 70th minute.</p><p>Valentin charged towards the Al Gharafa area from the left flank and chipped in a low ball from the edge of the box. Al Ansari, standing just a few feet away from the goalmouth, deflected the cross into the net with keeper Yousef in no position to thwart the attempt.</p><p>It was Al Gharafa’s ninth loss of the season.</p>