Al Duhail First Football Team lost to Al Wakrah in their second-round match of the Doha Bank Stars League at Khalifa International Stadium.

Led by coach Djamel Belmadi, Al Duhail started the match with the following lineup: (1) Salah Zakaria (goalkeeper), (5) Bassam Al Rawi, (6) Marco Verratti, (8) Paulo Edmilson, (9) Krzysztof Piątek, (12) Karim Boudiaf, (19) Benjamin Bourigeaud, (21) Jean Castelletto, (22) Ibrahim Qader, (24) Homam Al Amin, (77) Adel Boulbina.

The third minute saw Al Duhail first attempt when the ball reached Verratti inside the penalty area. He shot powerfully toward Al Wakrah goal, but the defense cleared it for a corner.

Al Wakrah took an early lead from a penalty kick in the tenth minute.

In the 33rd minute, Adel Boulbina almost scored on a breakaway but his strong shot was saved by the goalkeeper, who kept a clean sheet.

In the 35th minute, our goalkeeper Salah Zakaria was shown a red card for deliberately handling the ball outside the penalty area, forcing the team to play with ten players for the remainder of the match.

Piątek nearly equalized in the 76th minute, but his header went just over the crossbar, wasting another opportunity for Al Duhail to level the score.

In the 80th minute, Adel Boulbina bicycle kick went safely past Al Wakrah goal, keeping Al Wakrah one-goal lead.

The final minutes saw no change in the score despite Al Duhail dominance. The referee blew the final whistle, declaring Al Wakrah win within one clean goal.

With this result, Al-Duhail points total remains at just one after the second round of the Doha Bank Stars League.