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FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 4 RUGBY | Page 8 Poacher Australia crush Costa sends New Zealand To Advertise here Chelsea top in Four Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 of the table Nations fi nal Monday, November 21, 2016 GOLF Safar 21, 1438 AH Fitzpatrick holds GULF TIMES his nerve to claim $1.33mn Dubai win SPORT Page 5 QATAR STARS LEAGUE 10-man Lekhwiya leave it late to draw Rayyan 2-2 Lekhwiya’s El Arabi scores the equaliser after Tresor is sent off ; Tabata, al-Harazi score for QSL champions Romarinho scores brace as Jaish brush past Shahania El Jaish’s Romarinho (left) in action against Al Shahania during their Qatar Stars League match yesterday. brace by Romarinho proved by Moutouali. to be the diff erence as table- In the 6th minute, Al Wakrah’s Atoppers El Jaish brushed Hamood al-Yazidi broke free off aside the Al Shahania challenge 3-1 his marker and charged into the in their round seven match of the Al Sadd box in what was the first Qatar Stars League yesterday. serious attempt at either goal. In The soldiers stamped their author- a hurried attempt at Al Sadd goal, ity with their first goal courtesy of al-Yazidi unleashed a shot that was their Brazilian sensation Romarinho. punched away by Sadd goalkeeper Lekhwiya’s Yusef El Arabi (second from right) celebrates with his teammates after scoring the equaliser for his team in their Qatar Stars League match against Al Rayyan The striker won a free kick outside Saad al-Dosari. at the Lekhwiya Stadium yesterday. the box; the resulting strike from Playing in all-white, Al Sadd looked Romarinho saw the ball sail over the tad edgy with hosts Al Wakrah By Sports Reporter wall into the top left corner of the mounting attacks on the former QSL Doha goal to give Jaish an early lead. champions in the first 10 minutes Then towards the end of the first of the round 7 clash at Al Wakrah half, Sabri Lamouchi’s side doubled Stadium. However, the momen- 10-man Lekhwiya scored their lead. Murrad Naji’s spectacular tum swung towards Al Sadd soon deep in second-half stop- long-range strike swerved in the afterwards. page time to secure a 2-2 draw air before finding the back of the In the 15th minute, Al Sadd’s against reigning QSL champi- net. El Jaish controlled most of the defender Pedro Correia charged Aons Al Rayyan in an exciting matchup at first half and Shahania had a couple into Al Wakrah box from the the the Lekhwiya Stadium yesterday. of chances but did little to trouble flank before slipping in a neat ball Rodrigo Tabata drew fi rst blood for Saoud al-Khater in the El Jaish goal. to Baghdad Bounedjah. Stationed The Lions as he converted the spot kick The second half was much more inside Al Wakrah box, the 24-year- before Luiz Martin equalised for the positive for Shahania as they old Algerian deflected the ball over Cops towards the end of the fi rst half. pushed forward looking to get some the crossbar with home goalkeeper The second half saw an amazing solo goals. They were rewarded for their Mohmad Enyas well beaten. goal from Al Rayyan’s Abdulrahman eff orts when in the 54th minute Two minutes later, Al Sadd’s number al-Harazi. Lekhwiya where down to ten Mohamed Tiaiba won a penalty for three Abdulkareem Hassan showed men when defender Mohammed Tresor Shahania after he was fouled by brilliant pace to beat his marker and was given a second yellow, and Djamel Abdurahman Abubakar in the box. charged into the Al Wakrah box. Belmadi’s side showed plenty of spirit Tiaiba then stepped up to take the Once in the box, Hassan – the Qatar to fi nd a last gasp equaliser though Mo- penalty and while his initial eff ort Under-23 team captain – fired a pow- roccan attacker Yusef El Arabi. was saved by El Jaish’s keeper al- erful shot that was well pouched by Al Rayyan opened the scoring from a Khater, the ball ricocheted off the goalkeeper Enyas. converted spot kick in the 32nd minute. keeper’s back and Tiaiba scored at Al Sadd were the dominant side in Tresor brought down Sergio Garcia the second attempt. the first half, and could have headed after Tabata sent a ball over to Garcia. Later on, in the 80th minute, El Jaish into the break with a lead, but Last season’s top scorer Rodrigo Tabata won a penalty of their own after Bagdad Bounedjah’s free-kick sailed stepped up for the penalty and sent the Romarinho was brought down by over the Wakrah crossbar at the ball into the bottom left corner. Alvaro Meijia. The Brazilian then end of the half. The first half ended Sergio Garcia had a chance to double scored his second of the night after honours even at 0-0. al Rayyan’s lead in the 36th minute but converting from the spot, slotting At the half-hour mark, Al Sadd drew his overhead kick was blocked by Chico the ball to the right as the keeper first blood. Jugurtha fired home Flores on the goal line. went the wrong way. from close range after a loose ball Towards the end of the fi rst half, El The visitors received their second dropped dead in front of him fol- Arabi drove the ball inside the Al Rayy- penalty of the night in the 87th lowing a goal-line melee after an an Box and passed the ball to Ismail minute after Abdulrahman Issa indirect free-kick. It was Jugurtha’s Mohamed who guided it into the path gave away the spotkick. However, second goal of the season that of Luiz Martin, who scored after hitting the Oryxes could not capitalise as came at the right time for Al Sadd. the ball fi rst time. Martin hit the ball Fahad Khalfan sent the ball over the Despite dominating the game, Al low and hard into the far corner to level bar to keep the score at 3-1. Sadd handed Al Wakrah a lifeline in the score at the stroke of half-time. the final minutes of the tie, conced- Lekhwiya had an advantage in terms of WAKRAH, SADD SHARE POINTS ing a penalty. possession and shots on target in the fi rst Al Rayyan’s Rodrigo Tabata (left) scored the first goal of the match after converted a spot kick. A late penalty by Mouhcine Mou- Moroccan striker Mouhcine Mout- half but Al Rayyan was the more clinical touali yesterday evening helped ouali stepped up for his side. Mouta- side forcing mistakes from their oppo- towards the goal evading two defend- spirit as they scored deep into the sec- path of El Arabi, who tapped it home to Al Wakrah snatch a point against ouali held his nerve and chose to go nents and making their chances count. ers before sending the ball into the goal ond half stoppage time. El Arabi got his end the game at 2-2. former QSL champions Al Sadd. Al left of al-Dosari as Al Wakrah and The half ended with both sides level. past Lekhwiya keeper Amine Lecomte. name on the scoresheet for the eighth The result meant that both the teams Wakrah, trailed by a goal follow- new coach Kais Yaakoubi snatched Al Rayyan regained their advantage Tresor received a red card in the 69th time this season as he was in the right gained a point each and remain in the ing a strike by Al Sadd midfielder a point in the dying moments of the in the 59th minute after a spectacular minute after a second yellow, leaving place at the right time and ensured a same positions in the table. Al Rayyan Jugurtha Hamroun, but eventually game leaving a forlorn looking Al solo goal from al-Harazi. The young his side playing with ten men against point for his side. Nam Tae Hee sent are fourth with thirteen points from drew level with a penalty on the Sadd coach Ferreira with hands on Qatari midfi elder intercepted a cross the champions. a cross towards Ismaeel Mohamed, seven games, while Lekhwiya are third 90th minute, which was dispatched his hips. on the half way line and then sprinted Belmadi’s side showed their fi ghting who’s header came off the post into the with 15 points. Gulf Times 2 Monday, November 21, 2016 FOOTBALL FOCUS SPOTLIGHT Roar end Sydney’s winning start to Toure back to stay, A-League season AFP over win-less defending Sydney champions Adelaide United in Perth. Adelaide’s Spanish coach Guillermo Amor was ydney FC lost their six- banished to the stands after says Guardiola match winning run as protesting a goal in his side’s Brisbane Roar fought loss. Amor was left fuming back from a goal down after Irishman Andy Keogh’s ‘His physical condition, his weight is better than ever and I’m so happy for him’ Sto snatch a 1-1 draw in Austral- fi rst goal was allowed to stand ia’s A-League this weekend. in the 67th minute despite Graham Arnold’s Sky Blues Adelaide goalkeeper Eugene still remain unbeaten but were Galekovic being badly imped- denied all three points by a ed by a heavy clash with Ros- brilliantly taken strike from tyn Griffi ths. Dane Thomas Kristensen just A ten-man Central Coast before half-time. held off strong-fi nishing Josh Brillante had put Syd- Newcastle to claim a share of ney ahead with his fi rst-ever the points in an entertaining A-League goal in the 13th 1-1 local derby on Sunday.