Honors even between Al Kharaitiyat and Al Ahli

Al Kharaitiyat took on Al Ahli in round ten of the Qatar Stars League this Tuesday at All Khor Stadium. Yousef Adam’s Al Ahli took the lead in the first half but could not hold on for the win as Kharaitiyat ended up drawing the game courtesy of an own goal from John Benson.

 

Al Ahli opened the scoring in the eighteenth minute with a headed goal from their captain Meshal Abdulla. Ndombe Mubele knocked in a fine cross and found  strike partner Abdulla who leaped above his marker to head the ball over the keeper, Ahmed Sufyan and into the goal. The talismanic striker got his name on the scoresheet for the seventh time this season ensuring his status as one of the best players in the league.

 

Meshal Abdulla had a chance to add a second goal in the seventieth minute but his effort was saved by Ahmed Sufyan in the Kharaitiyat goal. Kharaitiyat had a chance to level when Abdelhadi Ameen passed the ball to Erik Paartalu inside the box who’s improvised shot hit the bar and fell to Jeremy Bokila, who blasted the ball out of play.

 

In the eighty-second minute, Kharaitiyat won a free kick and the resulting shot ended up in the goal to level the score line. Anwar Diba’s free kick came off Al Ahli defender John Benson’s head and went straight in for an own goal. Ahmed Al Ajlani’s Kharaitiyat held on for the final ten minutes to register an important point for themselves.

 

The result leaves both teams in the same position in the table. Al Ahli now have ten points from as many games and are eighth in the table while Kharaitiyat languish in the relegation zone with six points from ten games.

Korbi strikes to defeat Muaither 

Al Sailiya on Tuesday were thoroughly tested by newcomers Muaither as the men in blue won a hard-fought clash 1-0 at Al Ahli stadium.Al Sailiya's Sayaf Al-Korbi produced the only goal of the match in the 34th minute of the round 10 clash in the QSL. 

 

Muaither attacker  Ayoub Ouadrassi missed two easy chances in the first seven minutes, both from close range shots that were expertly blocked by Al Sailiya goalkeeper Gregory Gomis. Minutes later Muaither's Brazilian midfielder William Schuster raced towards the Al Sailiya goal but with only goalkeeper to beat, he misfired as the ball ricocheted off the legs of 'keeper Gomis in the

tenth minute.

 

Seconds later, Al Sailiya notched their first chance of note thanks  Cameroonian import Paul Efoulou. The 33-year-old striker hoodwinked Muaither defenders Huthaifa Al-Salemi and Saeed Eisa before slotting the ball past keeper Basel Zaidan but the shot narrowly missed the goalpost.

 

In the 34th minute, Al Sailiya opened the scoring through Al Korbi. Mubark Al-Saadi produced a cross from the flank only to see a team-mate's header blocked by Muaither goalkeeper Zaidan. The lose ball  fell to the feet of Al Korbi who headed home with consummate ease to give his side the lead. 

 

In the first 20 minutes of the second half, Muaither clearly showed greater  urgency to find the equaliser but lack of quality in front of the Al Saliya goalmouth restricted the newly promoted side.

 

Two minutes later, Muaither's Al Salemi wasted an open-goal chance when he ended up touching the ball with his hand in an attempt to deflect a header from close range. In the 84th minute, a missed chance by Ayoub Ouadrassi from close range summed up the day for Muaither who produced sustained attacks in the second half.