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SPORT 16 SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2017 QSL RESULTS Al Rayyan beat Al Kharaitiyat 3-1 Soria strikes twice in Al Rayyan’s win; Al Sadd beat Al Sailiya 3-2 Qatar SC beat Al Markhiya 1-0 TODAY’S FIXTURES Al Duhail vs Al Arabi At Al Duhail Stadium (5.50pm) Al Sadd and Qatar SC grab full points Al Khor vs Al Ahli At Al Khor Stadium (8.00pm) The Peninsula ebastian Soria struck twice as Al Rayyan’s perfect start to the QNB Stars League season continued at the Al Khor Sstadium with a 3-1 win against Al Kharaitiyat yesterday. With an energetic looking forward line, Michael Laudrup’s side was straight into action with shots from Mohsine Moutaouali and Gonzalo Viera both saved before another attack saw Abderrazak Hamdallah bring the ball down inside the area and fail to beat the keeper whilst in on goal. Hamdallah was again denied in the 11th minute after turning two Kharaitiyat players inside before a smart save from Kharaitiyat’s No.1, Saeid Monfared. The deadlock was finally broken in the 21st minute after Al Rayyan won a free kick 30 yards out. Captain Rodrigo Tabata stepped up and drilled a free kick that was deflected in off the wall past an outstretched goalkeeper, for the Rayyan captain’s third goal of the season. The Lions were quickly able to double their advantage when Al Sadd’s Jugurtha Hamroun scores their second goal against Al Sailiya during Hamdallah won the ball in the their QNB Stars League match at Al Ahli Stadium yesterday. Al Sadd won centre of the park before spread- 3-2. INSET: Al Sadd players celebrate after scoring a goal during yesterday’s ing it out wide to Moutaouali match against Al Sailiya. Pictures: Kamutty VP / The Peninsula who played a superbly weighted ball into the area, which was met by Sebastian Soria to poke home. tapped in from close range to kill Abdulkareem Salem Al Ali in the Temurkhja Abdukholikov added eighteenth minute of the game The deadlock was finally Al Kharaitiyat started the the game off. 13th minute. Xavi struck just one more goal to their account to see the first real chance when broken in the 23rd minute with second half with renewed vig- Al Sadd picked up second four minutes later to level the as the scores read 3-2 in favour the Kings striker Habib Habibou a great effort from the Kings our and, after a couple of early successive full points when a col- score and Al Sadd snatched the of Jesualdo Ferreira’s men at the seen his header go wide from a midfielder Michael Babatunde. chances, they were awarded a lective effort propelled them to lead in the 32nd minute when final whistle. corner. The Nigerian cut in from the penalty on 62 as Tiberkanine was a 3-2 win against Al Sailiya at Al Jugurtha Hamroun directed the In the final match of the day, Gabriel Calderón side con- wing and managed to beat Al impeded. Moroccan Midfielder Ahli Stadium yesterday. ball to the back of the net. Qatar SC registered their first tinued the pressure on their Markhiyas goalkeeper with Diba stepped up and confidently Despite the fact that Al Sadd Boualem Ahmad Khoukhi win in the QNB Stars League search for the first goal of the powerful low shot from 23 scored to bring the game back to are regarded as one of the scored Al Sadd’s third goal in the when they outplayed Al game and came close to doing yards. life but Al Rayyan soon restored favourites to win the Falcon tro- 65th minute to take the game Markhiya 1-0 at Al Duhail so when the ball dropped to Cen- The results leaves Al their advantage. Following some phy this year, Al Sailiya SC put completely away from Al Sailiya. 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Lionel Messi Neymar Cristiano Ronaldo SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2017 SPORT 17 League Cup is a waste of energy - Guardiola Manchester English teams playing in Euro- following Saturday. Mourinho in those conditions, then you Hodgson guided them to a mid- AFP pean competition to be exempt guided United to win the com- spend three or four hours on the week League Cup win over until the third round since 1996, petition last season, but bus. “Then three days later, it’s Huddersfield Town, and Guar- ep Guardiola (pictured) has while replays were scrapped in Guardiola does not believe it Crystal Palace, three days later, diola has warned his players to called the League Cup “a 1997. Yet Manchester United was worth the effort. Shakhtar Donetsk, three or four be wary. Pwaste of energy” as the manager Mourinho suggested The Spaniard has suggested days later, Stamford Bridge. “The team are not pulled by Manchester City manager joined on Wednesday that English that it was victory in the Europa “So for the managers, there’s strings. One little detail down old rival Jose Mourinho in ques- clubs in the Champions League League, rather than the domes- a lot of wasted energy. But we and everything is down. You tioning the worth of the and Europa League should be tic cup, that made Mourinho’s knew that before, so it’s not a have to be careful,” he said. competition. allowed to opt out of the first season at Old Trafford a complaint in those terms. If we “They have to go to sleep The League Cup was created tournament. success. have to play, we have to play.” tonight and know that tomor- in 1960 to take advantage of the Guardiola has supported “We have a lot of games. If City and United go into the row, we can lose that game. If fact that floodlights had those comments as City bid to you have to play in a competi- weekend joint-top of the Pre- that happens, we will be closer increased the possibility for navigate a frantic run of games. tion you have to play in it,” mier League, each with 13 points to actually winning.” midweek football. The City manager made Guardiola said on Friday. from five matches and an iden- Former England manager However, the tournament eight changes for Wednesday’s “It’s good for the players you tical goals record. Hodgson, at 70, is the oldest has always been seen as sec- 2-1 win at West Bromwich don’t use a lot. It’s a prize where, Guardiola’s team are on a man ever to be appointed to ondary to the FA Cup in England, Albion in the League Cup third when you win, it’s OK, but after run of five successive wins, and take charge of a Premier League and its importance has gradu- round, allowing him to keep that the people don’t give too have defeated Liverpool 5-0 club. Guardiola, at 46, admires ally diminished over the last two players fresh before Saturday’s much credit.