Shakour wins Wathnan Cup in QREC’s 3rd Race Meeting PAGE 15 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 UK MINISteR FOR MENA JAMES CLEVERLY VISITS EDUCATION CITY StADIUM, meetS THAWADI UK Minister for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) James Cleverly met with Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy Secretary-General Hassan Al Thawadi during a tour of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 venue -- Education City Stadium. Cleverly spoke of Qatar and the UK’s deep partnership, including British firms being involved in construction of 2022 World Cup stadiums. Real Madrid stunned Nam Tae-hee scores a brace by Shakhtar Donetsk AFP to impress. MADRID Shakhtar’s three-goal flurry before half-time began REAL Madrid made an em- with Viktor Korniyenko beat- as Al Sadd slam Al Duhail 3-1 barrassing start in the Cham- ing Militao too easily and as pions League on Wednesday Marcelo was pulled across to TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK by losing 3-2 at home to a cover, he left Tete free behind DOHA depleted Shakhtar Donetsk, him to finish Korniyenko’s their second consecutive poked pass. SOUTH Korean international defeat ahead of the Clasico Luka Jovic should have star Nam Tae-hee scored a against Barcelona on Satur- equalised with a free header brace as Al Sadd slammed Al day. but instead Shakhtar scored Duhail 3-1 in the rescheduled Shakhtar were without 10 again, Tete’s rasping effort week-three game of the QNB first-team players and nine from range palmed out by Stars League at the Al Duhail members of staff due to coro- Thibaut Courtois and prodded Stadium on Wednesday. navirus infections but record- in for an own-goal by Varane The former Al Duhail play- ed a remarkable win at the has he tried to stop Dentinho maker scored in both half of Alfredo di Stefano stadium, reaching the rebound. the match and Guilherme Tor- after scoring three times in 13 Madrid looked shell- res scored the other for the first-half minutes. shocked but it got worse. Tete Wolves. Eduardo Rodriguez Strikes from Tete and raced in behind and this time (Dudu) reduced the margin for Manor Solomon, either side of a brilliant back-heel allowed Al Duhail four minutes before a Raphael Varane own-goal, Solomon to take a touch and the regulation time. gave the Ukrainian champi- fire in number three. The win means that Al ons a shock lead at the interval Benzema replaced Rodry- Sadd earned 10 points, while and while Luka Modric and go at half-time but it was champions Al Duhail, playing Vinicius Junior pulled goals Modric who kick-started the their first league game under back, Madrid fell short. comeback attempt, shifting French coach Sabri Lamouchi, Fede Valverde thought he right past two Shakhtar de- stay on six. had grabbed an equaliser in fenders before unleashing a The heavy-weight clash injury time but his deflected superb shot into the top-right between the most formidable shot was ruled out after VAR corner. teams in Qatar football, delayed showed Vinicius was offside. Tete then missed a sitter due to team participation in the A huge upset puts Madrid for 4-1 and Vinicius capital- 2020 AFC Champions League. on the back foot in Group B, ised. The Brazilian came on It started on a quick note. Al especially as Shakhtar were as a substitute, stole the ball Sadd missed the injured striker Al Duhail’s Almoez Ali (left) walks past as Al Sadd players celebrate one of their three goals against the Red Knights in the QNB Stars League in theory their weakest op- back and found the net, seem- Bagdad Bounedjah, but had the clash at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium on Wednesday. ponent, the others being In- ingly all in one movement. services of forward Akram Afif, ter Milan and Borussia Moe- Madrid had 31 minutes to who was on national duty along At the other end, the free- For Al Duhail, Dudu made in the first half, even as Al minute as referee Salman Fala- nchengladbach. rescue a point but their mo- with some other players. kick of Ramin Rezaeian hit the two attempts at the goal in the Sadd’s goaltender Meshal hi, after consulting the VAR, But it also cranks up the mentum stalled. Benzema’s The Xavi Hernandez- defensive wall. first half, and captain Almoez Barsham continued to make ruled that Ismail ‘handled’ the pressure, on the Real team finish was blocked by Valerii coached Al Sadd showed Nam scored a rising shot Ali connected a long ball wide impressive saves. ball before scoring after a free- ahead of the Clasico in La Liga Bondar and Shakhtar thought more purpose in their attack that dipped inside the goal af- to the end of the goal. In the meantime, Nam kick by Ramin. on Saturday, and on their coach they had a fourth but it was and whenever they launched ter hitting the crossbar in the Al Duhail took over the scored a second time ten min- Dudu finally found a left- Zinedine Zidane, who had just ruled out for offside. raids, Al Duhail crowded their 22nd minute, giving Al Bakri no field in the second half, with utes after the hour mark with footed target, but it was too late overseen a dreadful display in Valverde celebrated an defence. chance to save despite his effort Ismail Mohammed replacing an angular shot past Ramin’s for Al Duhail. last weekend’s loss to Cadiz. equaliser in injury time when Al Sadd’s Santi Cazorla’s to get his hand on the ball. Mehdi Benatia. The two teams challenge after Akram set him Zidane paid the price for his deflected shot from the free-kick was blocked by goal- Guilherme doubled the lead then made a succession of up by heading down a long SCORELINE rotating his starting line-up edge of the area crept in but keeper Mohammed Al Bakri by heading in a free-kick from substitutions. cross. AL Sadd 3 (Nam Tae-hee 22’, for that game and shuffled his there was a final twist inthe and Akram hit his shot against captain Hassan Al Haydous in Al Duhail was now more Al Duhail had a goal that 70’; Guilherme dos Santos Torres team again, presumably with tale as VAR showed the off- the right upright. the 38th minute. in the game than they were had been disallowed in the 77th 38’) bt Al Duhail 1 (Dudu 86’). the upcoming clash at the side Vinicius was obstructing Camp Nou in mind. the goalkeeper’s view. Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema both started on the RESULT: bench and had to come on in Shakhtar Donetsk 3 (Tete 29’, Pyramids close to lifting CAF Cup and realising 15-month dream the second half while Eder Raphael Varane 33; (OG), Manor Militao, in for the injured Ser- Solomon 42’) bt Real Madrid gio Ramos, Rodrygo and Mar- 2 (Luka Modric 54’, Vinicius AFP and scored within 60 seconds and positive tests for Covid-19. co Asensio were given chances Junior 59’). JOHANNESBURG to put the Cairo club ahead on On Monday, Berkane 74 minutes against Horoya. edged Hassania Agadir 2-1 in PYRAMIDS FC captain Abdal- El Said struck a minute an all-Moroccan semi-final lah el Said hopes to realise a later to seal victory and set thanks to two converted penal- 15-month dream this Sunday up a second successive final ties by captain Mohamed Aziz by leading his Egyptian club between Egyptian and Mo- in Rabat. to victory over Moroccan hosts roccan clubs after Zamalek The closed-doors final will Renaissance Berkane in the edged Berkane on penalties be the first played as a single CAF Confederation Cup final. last season. match after the organisers An African campaign Alseny Camara had the scrapped two-leg title deciders. greatly lengthened by a coro- ball in the net for Horoya five Berkane are hoping to em- navirus-induced suspension minutes from time but a VAR ulate FAR Rabat, FUS Rabat, began in August last year when CAF Confederation Cup final. (Video Assistant Referee) re- Moghreb Fes and Raja Casa- the newcomers to continental view ruled the goal offside. blanca and become the fifth football eliminated Etoile from “I am very happy with the “My team-mates and I VAR also overruled a pen- Moroccan club to win the Af- Congo Brazzaville. result as we played a good have been dreaming about alty awarded to Pyramids for a rican equivalent of the UEFA Fifteen months later, Pyra- game, especially in the second winning the Confederation push on Eric Traore during the Europa League. mids proved too strong for half,” said former Egyptian in- Cup from the very first match second half when the match Zamalek and Al Ahly were Horoya of Guinea in a single- ternational El Said. against Etoile and the de- was goalless. the previous Egyptian win- Shakhtar Donetsk’s Manor Solomon (left) celebrates with Brazilian match semi-final in Casablan- “The final will be tough as termination to succeed has Horoya fielded a depleted ners of a competition that has midfielder Dentinho after scoring his team’s third goal next to Real ca, winning the midweek en- we face a great team, but we grown as time passes.” team due to the retirement of been dominated by north Af- Madrid’s Brazilian defender Marcelo (right) during their UEFA Cham- counter 2-0 through goals from shall do our best to achieve our Hassan had an instant im- talismanic Burkina Faso for- rican teams with 11 successes pions League Group B match at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Ibrahim Hassan and El Said.