Al Duhail First Football Team managed to secure a two-nil victory over their guests, Al Shamal, in a match from the eighth round of the Doha Bank Stars League.
Al Duhail, led by Djamel Belmadi, entered the match with the following starting lineup of players:
(30) Bautista Burke (goalkeeper), (4) Youssef Ayman, (5) Bassam Al Rawi, (6) Marco Verratti, (8) Edmilson Junior, (9) Krzysztof Piątek, (10) Luis Alberto, (12) Karim Boudiaf, (21) Jean Casteletto, (24) Homam Al Amin, (81) Tahsin Mohammed.
The 26th minute witnessed a real translation of Al Duhail squandered chances after Piątek managed to give “The Tornado” the lead, converting a magical pass from his teammate Marco Verratti into Al Shamal net.
In the 36th minute, Karim Boudiaf almost reached Al Shamal net, had it not been for the brilliance of the Al Shamal goalkeeper who saved the ball and cleared it away from his goal.
In the 41st minute, our young player, Tahsin Mohammed, added Al Duhail second goal after converting Piątek’s header with his right foot into Al Shamal goal, giving Al Duhail a two-goal advantage.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Casteletto nearly added Al Duhail third goal, but his header went just wide of the post.
In the 48th minute, Casteletto almost added the third goal for Al Duhail, but his header was weak and landed easily into the arms of the Al Shamal goalkeeper.
In the 72nd minute, Adel Boulbina penetrated from the left flank and sent a cross to Piątek, who set it up for Luis Alberto. Alberto fired a powerful shot towards Al Shamal goal, but the defense intervened and diverted it for a corner kick.
In the 87th minute, Benjamin Bourigeaud wasted an opportunity to increase the lead and score the third goal after missing a penalty kick that Adel Boulbina had earned after being fouled inside Al Shamal penalty area.
With this victory, Al Duhail balance rose to 11 points, narrowing the gap with Al Shamal, the league leader, to 3 points.
It is worth noting that Al Duhail midfielder Marco Verratti was chosen as the Man of the Match.
