Al Duhail First Football Team secured a thrilling 3–2 victory away over Al Sadd in Round 6 of the Doha Bank Stars League.
Al Duhail started today’s game with the following starting lineup:
(1) Salah Zakaria (Goalkeeper), (3) Lucas Mello, (5) Bassam Al Rawi, (7) Omar Sekou, (9) Krzysztof Piątek, (18) Sultan Al Brake, (19) Al Moez Ali, (21) Jean-Charles Castelletto, (23) Assim Madibo, (24) Boubakary Soumaré.
- 8th Minute: Al Duhail nearly opened the scoring, but Al Sadd goalkeeper denied Al Moez Ali’s shot following a superb passing exchange between him and Piątek.
- 9th Minute: From a well-executed corner kick by Bassam Al Rawi, Jean-Charles Castelletto fired Al Duhail ahead by meeting the cross with a powerful header that Al Sadd goalkeeper couldn’t keep out, opening the scoring for Al Tofan.
- 12th Minute: Al Moez Ali almost doubled the lead, but Al Sadd goalkeeper intervened to tip the ball away for a corner.
- 16th Minute: Another dangerous opportunity for Al Duhail as Piątek’s shot from inside the penalty area drifted just past the left post of Al Sadd goal.
- 22nd Minute: Piątek came close again, but his header went safely wide. Just a minute later, Al Sadd keeper parried away a strong shot from Assim Madibo for another Al Duhail corner.
- 23rd Minute: Castelletto nearly doubled his tally with a similar attempt of his first goal, heading Bassam Al Rawi’s corner just wide of the left post.
- 28th Minute: Al Duhail grabbed their second goal following a fantastic run down the left flank by Piątek, who delivered a precise cross that Sultan Al Brake expertly turned into the back of the net to double the lead.
- 32nd Minute: Al Sadd pulled a goal back through their player, Giovani.
- 45+4 Minutes: In the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time, Al Sadd equalized through Youssef Abdelrazag, ending a dramatic first half level at 2–2.
- 49th Minute: Al Duhail created their first chance of the second half with a shot from Al Moez Ali that was comfortably gathered by Al Sadd goalkeeper.
- 61st Minute: Omar Sekou came close to restoring Al Duhail lead, but Al Sadd goalkeeper made a save to keep the score level.
- 73rd Minute: Al Sadd goalkeeper again punched away a cross from Tahseen Mohamed for a corner. From the resulting set-piece, Castelletto headed home what appeared to be Al Duhail third goal, but after a VAR review, the referee disallowed it for a foul in the buildup.
- 90+3 Minutes: Three minutes into stoppage time, Mubarak Shanan nearly scored a dramatic winner for Al Duhail, but his shot deflected off Al Sadd defense and flashed just past the right post for a corner.
- 90+4 Minutes: In the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, Tahseen Mohamed clinched the dramatic winner for Al Duhail, sealing a 3–2 victory at the final whistle.
With this crucial win, Al Duhail raised their tally to 12 points, climbing to second place in the Doha Bank Stars League standing table.
