Al Sailiya Go Third Madrid Crash High-Scoring Striker El Arabi Broke the Deadlock Against Al Khor by Easily Sending the Ball Home from the Penalty Spot
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FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 2 FF11 | Page 7 Spurs end Hamilton Chelsea’s on pole for unbeaten fi nal race of run in EPL the season Sunday, November 25, 2018 CRICKET Rabia I 17, 1440 AH Taijul bowls GULF TIMES Bangladesh to 64-run win over WI SPORT Page 4 FOOTBALL/ QNB STARS LEAGUE LA LIGA Duhail, Sadd post Solari and Ramos feel contrasting wins; heat as Real Al Sailiya go third Madrid crash High-scoring striker El Arabi broke the deadlock against Al Khor by easily sending the ball home from the penalty spot By Sports Reporter Doha Al Sadd’s Baghdad Bounedjah (second left) is congratulated by teammates after he scored against Al Arabi yesterday. l Duhail’s enviable QNB Stars League campaign continued unhindered yesterday as they notched up their 11th victory to Astay unbeaten and eight points clear of second-placed Al Sadd. Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos looks dejected at the end of the match Although it took a Yousef El Arabi pen- against Eibar in the La Liga yesterday. alty for Al Duhail to beat Al Khor 1-0, that was enough to take their tally to 34 points AFP that.” from 12 matches, one of which was a draw. Eibar, Spain Defender Raphael Varane That gives them a whopping eight-point added: “We were not well-or- lead over Al Sadd, who thrashed Al Arabi ganised, we were not comfort- 3-0 yesterday with the prolifi c Baghdad antiago Solari proved able and we did not fi nd any Bounedjah accounting for two of the goals. the perfect caretaker but answers.” Al Sailiya, meanwhile beat Al Gharafa 2-1 his debut as permanent Eibar, meanwhile, shoot up to to go third, overtaking Al Rayyan. coach of Real Madrid seventh, a reward for their fi rst Earlier, high-scoring striker El Arabi Syesterday ended in a disastrous ever victory over Real Madrid broke the deadlock against Al Khor by eas- 3-0 defeat at Eibar. at the 11th attempt, inside their ily sending the ball home from the spot. Four wins while in temporary tiny 7,083-capacity Ipurua. He was brought down by Khaled Radwan charge earned Solari a contract “We could even have scored inside the Al Khor and the Moroccan him- until 2021 over the international more,” said their coach Jose Luis self took the shot, scoring his 15th goal in break, only for Real to revert to Mendilibar.Solari, meanwhile, this season’s QNB Stars League. Al Duhail’s the kind of chaotic display that must now rally Real ahead of Under-23 player Abdullah al-Ahrak wasted cost Julen Lopetegui the sack. Tuesday’s Champions League a golden opportunity to score from close This defeat also brought into game against Roma, which is range seven minutes into the second half. focus the mindset of Madrid’s likely to decide the winner of Luiz Martin fi red a long-range shot in players, after their captain Ser- Group G. the 60th minute, but the ball slipped past to score as he was either off target or Al gio Ramos faced allegations of They started well enough and the goalpost without causing any damage Arabi goalkeeper Masoud Zarayi, who had an anti-doping violation on Fri- Gareth Bale looked in the mood to Al Khor. a good game, stood in his way. day night from German maga- when he swivelled and sent a Almoez Ali fi red a bullet towards the Al Meanwhile, Al Sailiya stunned Al Ghara- zine Der Spiegel. stunning shot into the top cor- Khor goal, but goalkeeper Mohamed al- fa with a goal deep into stoppage time to Both the club and Ramos have ner from 25 yards, only to be Bakri punched the shot away with a quick register a 2-1 win, with substitute Moham- denied any breach. ruled off side. move. ed Mudather producing a stunning header Eibar were stronger, more ag- Karim Benzema went close, Meanwhile, Bounedjah scored a brace with a full-length forward dive to score the gressive and, worryingly for So- his fi nish cleared off the line by (seventh minute and 45+2 penalty) and winner three minutes into second-half in- lari, appeared clearer about the Jose Cote, but after surviving Hassan al-Haydos added one in the 49th jury time. plan they wanted to execute. the early pressure, Eibar grew in as Al Sadd put it past Al Arabi. Meshaal al-Shammari had scored Al Marc Cucurella, brilliant confi dence. It was Al Sadd’s eighth victory. The Sailiya’s fi rst goal in the 73rd minute. down the left, was instrumen- Kike made the woodwork Wolves had defeated The Dream Team 10-1 Al Gharafa’s goal was scored by Vladimir tal in all three goals, scored by shake with a drive from 25 in the fi rst leg. Weiss off a penalty in the 51st minute. Gonzalo Escalante, Sergi Enrich yards, with replays showing the Bounedjah took his tally on top of the In the 15th minute of the fast-paced and Kike Garcia. dipping shot had been diverted scorers’ chart to 21 goals, while it was al- match, Al Gharafa’s Mehdi Taremi latched Real’s loss halts their revival by an excellent fi nger-tip save Haydos’ third goal of the season. on to a loopy cross inside the Al Sailiya box. under Solari and denies them from Thibaut Courtois. Both Al Sadd and Al Arabi had regis- With only goalkeeper Saoud al-Khater to a golden opportunity to make Madrid’s goalkeeper came to tered victories in the last round, against Al beat from close range, Taremi delayed his up ground on Barcelona and their rescue again in the 16th Kharaitiyat (7-1) and Al Khor (1-0) respec- defl ection allowing Al Sailiya defender Atletico Madrid, who were fac- minute, denying Enrich from tively. Mauricio Junior to block his shot near the ing each other at the Wanda Cucurella’s cross, but this time Al Arabi put up a far better display than goal. Metropolitano later yesterday. Escalante was on hand to bun- they did in their fi rst-leg game. This time In the 22nd minute, Slovakian midfi elder “It is not about fi nding peo- dle in the rebound ahead of the around, they were bogged down by inju- Weiss was brought down with a rough ple to blame,” Solari said af- stumbling Dani Ceballos. tackle by Mirghani Alzain and Swiss referee terwards. “Everything is fi x- Referee Juan Martinez con- STANDINGS Urs Dominik Schnyder promptly penalised able. We had won four straight sulted the video assistant ref- the Al Khor off ender. games, done some things very eree but the delay only earned a Three minutes from half-time, Al well, and we have to get back to repeat of home fans’ cheers. Teams P W D L F A Pts Gharafa’s Abdelaziz Hatem aimed at the Al Khor goalmouth, but his fast-paced shot Al Duhail ..............12 11 1 0 33 7 34 narrowly missed the target. Six minutes after resumption of play in Allegations a ‘lie’, says Ramos Al Sadd ..................11 8 2 1 48 10 26 the fast-paced match, Al Gharafa grabbed the lead. Weiss was brought down by the Al Madrid: Real Madrid defender true that it hurts, and obviously Al Sailiya ..............13 8 1 4 25 14 25 Sailiya keeper. The referee awarded a pen- Sergio Ramos has dismissed I will come out with my legal alty and Weiss easily converted from the anti-doping allegations against team against these people, who Al Rayyan ............13 6 5 2 14 12 23 spot. him as a “lie” and a deliberate try to stain my status and my Exactly on the hour mark, Al Sailiya attempt to tarnish his reputa- professional career. Al Ahli ...................13 7 1 5 22 21 22 brought in Mudather who went on to score tion. “After 15 years, I have never re- the deciding goal. A minute later, Taremi According to the German fused an anti-doping test, I have Al Gharafa...........13 5 3 5 25 17 18 broke free of his marker after receiving magazine Der Spiegel, Ramos never breached any procedure a cross from the centre, but he ended up failed to declare he had taken and I have passed around 250 Umm Salal ..........13 4 4 5 17 24 16 overrunning the ball with only al-Khater dexamethasone ahead of the to 300 tests. For this reason, I to beat. 2017 Champions League final am calm.” Al Shahaniya .....13 4 3 6 12 23 15 Al Duhail’s Yousef El Arabi (L) vies for the ball with an Al Khor rival yesterday. Al Sailiya equalised when rival goal- at the Millennium Stadium Ramos added: “When you know keeper Yousef Hassan failed to clear a loopy in Cardiff , in which Real beat the truth, you can act with a Al Arabi ................13 5 0 8 12 26 15 ries. cle during their QSL Cup Round 3 match ball that fl ew in his direction. Ali’s shot Juventus 4-1. The club denied lot of tranquillity. You can tell Colombian recruit Franco Hurtado and last week. bounced off substitute al-Shammari who the claims on Friday night and the lie many times over but it is Qatar SC ..............13 3 2 8 12 22 11 Iraqi player Ahmed Ibrahim were out in- It was Al Sadd more in the game right drove the ball into an open net with a left- Ramos, speaking after Real lost still a lie.” Dexamethasone is a jured, while Abdulla Marafy had already throughout.