Al Duhail returned to winning ways in the QNB Stars League with a 4-2 victory over Al Wakrah on Saturday at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.
Al Wakrah took a surprise lead after less than three minutes when Mohamed Beyettou headed in Ali Malallah’s cross, but Al Duhail equalised in the 23rd minute through Ali Afif, before Mohamed Muntari put them in front nine minutes from the break, tapping in a low cross from Luiz Martin.
Ismael Mardnali levelled the score early in the second half, after good work from Crisitan Ceballos, to revive his side’s hopes of upsetting the six-time league winners, but a deadly mistake from Jassem Al Hashemi gave Muntari his second goal of the game in the 67th minute. Al Moez Ali sealed the hard-earned victory from the penalty spot in injury time.
Al Duhail
Amine Lecomte; Medhi Benatia, Bassam Al Rawi, Ahmed Yasser, Ali Afif; Luiz Martin, Assim Madibo, Karim Boudiaf, Ismaeel Mohammad (Rabeh Yahia 90+5’); Mohamed Muntari (Khaled Mansour 90+5), Al Moez Ali
Al Wakrah
Saoud Al Khater (Hassan Idriss 59’); Ali Malallah, Bruno Uvini, Ousmane Coulibaly, Jassem Al Hashemi; Adel Alawi (Umar Ali 46’), Ahmed Fadhel, Isaias Sanchez, Cristian Ceballos, Ismail Mardanli (Khalid Muneer 83’); Mohamed Benyettou