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Al Ahli defeated Al Sadd 4-1 in Week 10 of the QNB Stars League at the Al Ahli Stadium on Saturday.

Omid Ibrahimi led from the front with two goals, in the fifth and 63rd minutes, as Al Ahli cruised to their fifth victory that took their points tally to 15 points.

Abdelrahman Mohammed (21st minute) and Mohammed Muntari (34th-min penalty) were the other scorers.

Algerian striker Baghdad Bounedjah converted from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute for Al Sadd’s consolation goal.

Al Ahli earned the penalty when Pedro Miguel fouled Omid, while that of Al Sadd was awarded after Majed Mohammed tripped Boualem Khoukhi.

The Brigadiers opened the scoring through an opportunistic strike by Omid who took advantage of a defensive blunder made by Khoukhi.

Al Sadd did not seem to have psychologically recovered from their defeat to Iran’s Persepolis in the AFC Champions League semifinal despite drawing the second-leg match in Tehran 1-1. The Wolves lost out 1-2 on aggregate, having lost 0-1 in Doha.

Meshaal Barshim guarding the Al Sadd goal in place of injured first-choice goalkeeper Saad Al Dossari did not help their cause either. 

Moroccan midfielder Mohsine Moutaoli, Muntari, Omid and Ali Qaderi mainly excelled for Al Ahli.

Xavi Hernandez, Gabi Fernandez, Bounedjah, Hamed Ismail and all tried hard, but Al Sadd had a bad day out in their campaign.

The defeat dealt a serious blow to Al Sadd’s title hopes as they stayed on 17 points, five behind leaders Al Duhail who moved to 22 points following their 4-1 win over Al Kharaitiyat .

Al Ahli owed it to goalkeeper Ivan Rodrigues who was standing in for injured regular custodian Yazan Naim.

In the process, Al Sadd slipped to third in the QNB Stars League standings as Al Rayyan moved to third with 18 points after their win over Al Sailiya.

 

Source: qsl.qa

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