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On a day of stalemates, hosts Aspire Academy and reigning champions Glasgow Rangers played out the first draw of this year’s Al Kass International Cup, sharing the points after an eight-goal thriller, while Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
Both sides were already assured of qualification so made plenty of changes from their respective victories over Suwon Samsung.
Rangers needed to win to top the group but they got off to a nightmare start, going behind after just two minutes. Abdulrahman al Dosari swung in a cross from the left but the Rangers defence dithered, allowing the alert Mobark Hamza to open the scoring.
It was 2-0 on eight minutes as Rangers’ defence was again sloppy and Mohammed al Quraishi showed fine control before firing a left-foot shot past Scott Cowie.
Charlie Lindsay pulled the Glasgow side back into the match with a perfectly-flighted free-kick after 13 minutes to give Amir Katoul no chance.
A high-scoring start to the match saw Aspire restore their two-goal lead on 17 minutes when Talal al Raeesi was given plenty of space and he let fly from long range, sending the ball just out of Cowie’s reach.
A fifth goal followed on 29 minutes as Rangers reduced the arrears with a well-taken effort by powerful striker Adedire Mebude.
Cowie gifted Aspire their fourth goal on 38th minutes when he parried Al Quraishi’s cross straight into the path of Abdulaziz al Naimi who made no mistake.
Rangers reduced the arrears to 4-3 on 41 minutes, Lindsay tucking the ball under the keeper after Mebude had flicked it into his path. Rangers grabbed an equalizer in the 88th minute as Lindsay’s flick sent through Ure and his shot was parried to Rory Wilson to score.
Barca out after PSG draw
Three-time champions Paris St Germain sent Spanish giants Barcelona crashing out of the Al Kass International Cup with a battling 2-2.
Barca, making their third appearance at the world-class youth tournament, have failed to reach the semi-finals in any of their visits to Doha.
Barca enjoyed a strong finish to the half but were stunned by a PSG counter attack that saw them take the lead in the first of two minutes added on through Housni.
Housni went close to his second two minutes later but Astralaga saved well with his legs.
A goal would have left Barca needing to score at least three goals to qualify but they did grab a well-worked equalizer on 74 minutes. Pol Munoz sent a superb ball inside PSG left-back Vimoj Mungu and Jordi raced onto it to beat the keeper to send it into the net.
PSG went back in front when Tayamoutou scored on 81 minutes but Barca levelled again when Warren Zaire Emery brought down Jordi and the referee pointed to the spot. Alexei coolly sent Louis Mouquet the wrong way from the spot.
Doha
On a day of stalemates, hosts Aspire Academy and reigning champions Glasgow Rangers played out the first draw of this year’s Al Kass International Cup, sharing the points after an eight-goal thriller, while Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
Both sides were already assured of qualification so made plenty of changes from their respective victories over Suwon Samsung.
Rangers needed to win to top the group but they got off to a nightmare start, going behind after just two minutes. Abdulrahman al Dosari swung in a cross from the left but the Rangers defence dithered, allowing the alert Mobark Hamza to open the scoring.
It was 2-0 on eight minutes as Rangers’ defence was again sloppy and Mohammed al Quraishi showed fine control before firing a left-foot shot past Scott Cowie.
Charlie Lindsay pulled the Glasgow side back into the match with a perfectly-flighted free-kick after 13 minutes to give Amir Katoul no chance.
A high-scoring start to the match saw Aspire restore their two-goal lead on 17 minutes when Talal al Raeesi was given plenty of space and he let fly from long range, sending the ball just out of Cowie’s reach.
A fifth goal followed on 29 minutes as Rangers reduced the arrears with a well-taken effort by powerful striker Adedire Mebude.
Cowie gifted Aspire their fourth goal on 38th minutes when he parried Al Quraishi’s cross straight into the path of Abdulaziz al Naimi who made no mistake.
Rangers reduced the arrears to 4-3 on 41 minutes, Lindsay tucking the ball under the keeper after Mebude had flicked it into his path. Rangers grabbed an equalizer in the 88th minute as Lindsay’s flick sent through Ure and his shot was parried to Rory Wilson to score.
Barca out after PSG draw
Three-time champions Paris St Germain sent Spanish giants Barcelona crashing out of the Al Kass International Cup with a battling 2-2.
Barca, making their third appearance at the world-class youth tournament, have failed to reach the semi-finals in any of their visits to Doha.
Barca enjoyed a strong finish to the half but were stunned by a PSG counter attack that saw them take the lead in the first of two minutes added on through Housni.
Housni went close to his second two minutes later but Astralaga saved well with his legs.
A goal would have left Barca needing to score at least three goals to qualify but they did grab a well-worked equalizer on 74 minutes. Pol Munoz sent a superb ball inside PSG left-back Vimoj Mungu and Jordi raced onto it to beat the keeper to send it into the net.
PSG went back in front when Tayamoutou scored on 81 minutes but Barca levelled again when Warren Zaire Emery brought down Jordi and the referee pointed to the spot. Alexei coolly sent Louis Mouquet the wrong way from the spot.
