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Al Rayyan recorded their first league victory in the current campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over Al Khor at the Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday.
Franck Kom’s 66th minute strike and and Abdelaziz Hatem curler 10 minutes later helped the Lions to a much needed win.
In the late match on Saturday, AL Duhail held off a strong Al Wakrah challenge to seal a 4-2 win which propels the Red Knights back into the top four.
A well-fought first half was largely dominated by Al Rayyan, with their superior attacking strengths on display. With neither side creating too much in the opening stages, it soon burst into life with Al Rayyan’s Yacine Brahimi nearly scoring as he collected a pass out wide and drove a fierce shot across the face of the goal which required a fine finger-tipped save from Rajab Hamza.
So often on the back foot, Al Khor started the second half in blistering fashion and were unfortunate to have a goal ruled out by VAR within minutes of the restart. After chasing a long ball over the top, Tiago Bezerra was able to beautifully lob the goalkeeper from six yards out. However, VAR adjudged the player to have handled the ball as he controlled it.
The deadlock was finally broken from a set piece taken short as Mowafak Awad whipped in a low cross from the right which Kom met with the faintest of touches to steer in at the back post. The frustration following the goal boiled over leading to Wagner receiving his marching orders for a second bookable offence.
With a one-man advantage Al Rayyan turned up the pressure and quickly secured their second goal of the night. Advancing down the left, Brahimi played the ball short to Abdelaziz Hatem who hit a sumptuous 25-yard, left-footed shot which swerved from left to right and struck the back of the net past a helpless goalkeeper.
Meanwhile Al Duhail had to fightback from going a goal down after Mohammed Benyettou’s opener inside three minutes. Ali Afif and Mohammed Muntari soon put Rui Faria’s men 2-1 up before the half time whistle.
Early in the second half again, Al Wakrah pulled level when Ismail Mahmoud converted Cristian Ceballos’s cross.
However, not to be denied a much needed win, Muntari put Duhail ahead with a lovely finish from just inside the box before Almoez Ali’s penalty sealed all three points.
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