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NBA | Page 6 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 9 LeBron James England explodes for wobble aft er To Advertise here 44 as Cavaliers Kohli’s third Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 topple Hornets double century Monday, December 12, 2016 FOOTBALL Rabia I 13, 1438 AH Costa fi res Chelsea GULF TIMES back to top in England SPORT Page 3 SPOTLIGHT Xavi surprises workers with tickets for Barca game Xavi poses with workers at Labour City. El Jaish’s Sardor Rashidov (R) celebrates with teammate Ahmed Doozandeh after scoring against Muaither yesterday. By Matthias Krug “So it was a pleasure to give tickets Sc.qa to the workers involved in the Genera- FOOTBALL/ QATAR STARS LEAGUE tion Amazing Qatar programme for the Barcelona v Al Ahli game. It was an hen Justin Santiago, a honour for me to give them these tick- 36-year-old F.C. Barce- ets and surprise them in this way.” lona fan from Chennai in One of the greatest midfi elders to WIndia, shook hands with have ever played the game, Xavi ex- a FIFA World Cup winner in the rec- plained the importance of the project reation room of his accommodation at in giving back to those who are helping Labour City this weekend, he couldn’t to build the country which will host the Rashidov double quite believe who was standing across 2022 FIFA World Cup. from him. Xavi Hernández, the former Bar- “The Generation Amazing project celona midfi elder who is an ambassa- here is about reaching out to people dor for the Generation Amazing pro- in Qatar who are helping to build this gramme of the Supreme Committee for country,” he explained. “Through the Delivery & Legacy (SC), passed by for power of football, we are helping to an hour-long visit to speak to workers take care of them and make them hap- helps El Jaish about their involvement in the Gen- py here. We have been to their accom- eration Amazing Qatar programme, modations to surprise them, it is about answer their questions about his vast giving them our aff ection and care. I’m experience in world football, and invite really enjoying my work on this fantas- the workers present to join him for the tic project. It’s even more exciting for Barcelona v Al Ahli match on Tuesday them because it is Barcelona coming in Doha. here, which for me is the best team in “I love football, and I’m a huge fan of the world.” see off Muaither Barcelona because they have the best According to Isabel Gultresa, CSR players, like Lionel Messi. I’ve seen so Senior Manager at the SC, the visit was many matches of Xavi on TV, winning another important step on the journey Rashidov opened the scoring for El Jaish in second minute before the World Cup, the Spanish league and the Generation Amazing programme the Champions League, so it was an in- has embarked on in Qatar. She said: helping his side find the winning goal with four minutes left to play credible surprise to see him in person,” “It is very important for us to show to Santiago said after the Al Sadd captain the participants of our projects how By Sports Reporter that both sides left the game honours stopped by for an unannounced visit. much we are encompassing football Doha even with a 1-1 draw. “Everybody in the room was ex- in their development, and taking them It didn’t take long for Al Shahania tremely excited, and it was very im- to a live football match is something to open their account Abdulla al- pressive to meet a player who is also we thought would be very special and able-toppers El Jaish relied Yazidi scored in the eighth minute. such a nice person. He was very cool relevant. We are taking the important on a double from Uzbekistan Striker Fahad Khalfan dribbled the and easy to speak to, and had a smile moment of our ambassador’s former international Sardor Rash- ball in from the left and attempted a for everyone. On top of that, we were team visiting Qatar to celebrate what Tidov to quell the challenge cross which bounced off a defender all personally invited by him to watch the power of football can do.” of newcomers Muaither in the Qatar back into his path. He then played the match, which is a fantastic oppor- After being welcomed to a raptur- Stars League yesterday. After their it backward to al-Yazidi who calmly tunity. I expect a 5-0 win for Barce- ous round of applause from all those loss to Lekhwiya last week, yester- passed the ball into the unguarded lona.” present, Xavi spoke about his involve- day’s win was just what the doctor net. For Santiago, the main benefi ts of ment with Generation Amazing, and ordered for the title-chasers. With six minutes to go to half- the football for development project congratulated the participants for At Lekhwiya Stadium, Rashidov time, Al Ahli levelled the scoreline have been felt on the pitch at Labour their work so far. opened the scoring for El Jaish in the thanks to Ndombe Mubele’s fi fth goal City, where the Generation Amazing “The Generation Amazing pro- second minute before helping his side of the season. programme is organised in conjunc- gramme is very good, it has helped me fi nd the winning goal with four min- Iranian midfi elder Mojtaba Jabari tion with NAAAS Group. The pro- a lot,” Santiago continued. “Through utes left to play. As for Muaither, their played a defence splitting pass to gramme is also delivered by QDVC and football games and drills, it is helping only goal was scored by Ayoub Ouad- the Mubele, who took the ball in his Youth Club in Al Khor, with a total of teach the values of team-work, and we rassi in fi rst half stoppage time. stride, beating the off side trap and 570 workers benefi ting on a weekly ba- have good coaches who train us every The two teams had barely settled in powerfully shot the ball past the sis from the coaching delivered across weekend. We’ve been playing football when Rashidov found the back of the keeper Khalifa al-Dossari to make it both sites. a long time, but this programme has net with a close-range shot. El Jaish 1-1. For Xavi, the visit to Labour City really helped us to improve through defender Murad Hussein slipped a Muaither players celebrate their goal against El Jaish yesterday. The fi rst half ended with both sides brought back memories of the fi rst teamwork, listening and passing.” neat ball towards Rashidov – who level pegging. Al Ahli enjoyed the time he was given the present of a tick- Xavi was quick to get the work- under pressure from Ouadrassi – de- from close range to tie the scores. fell to Rashidov who easily headed it majority of the possession and had et to watch a football match live in the ers involved in the session at Labour fl ected the ball past Basil Zidan in the In the second half, intense battle home from close range. Goalkeeper more shots on goal compared to Sha- stadium, at his beloved Nou Camp in City, opening the fl oor to a whole Muaither goal in the second minute. for ball possession continued. But af- Zaidan could do little to block the hania who were on the back foot after Barcelona. host of questions which ranged from After a numerous exchanges, ter much slog, QSL giants Jaish pre- well-taken snap-header from Rash- scoring the early goal. “I remember the fi rst time I was ‘who is the best, Messi or Ronaldo?’ Muaither – known for their re- vailed after Rashidov’s second goal idov. It was points leaders El Jaish’s The second half saw an excellent given tickets to go to a match, I was fi ve to ‘will you also be playing on Tues- silient play rather than technical of the match. In the 86th minute, 9th win of the season from 11 games. double save from Al Shahania stopper or six years old and it was to attend a day?’. Having answered them all, the excellence on the pitch – found defender Yasir Abubakar produced Meanwhile, Al Ahli took on Al Sha- Khalifa al-Dossari as he kept his side Barcelona game,” Xavi told www.sc.qa. four-time UEFA Champions League the equaliser through Ouadrassi. the near-perfect lob ball for a header hania in round eleven of the QSL at in the game. Apart from that, there “We all love football in our family, and winner posed for a picture with every- In injury time, Muaither’s Mah- from the left fl ank. the Al Ahli stadium yesterday. Two was little goalmouth action as both we went to a Gamper trophy with my one present, and then handed out the moud Zatara headed a lobbed ball The ball sailed above the head of fi rst half goals, one from each team sides seemed satisfi ed with a point to father and grandfather, it was a great match tickets to another round of ap- towards Ouadrassi who tapped in Muaither’s Mohamed Medhat and and a scoreless second half meant their name. excitement that I felt before the game. plause. Gulf Times 2 Monday, December 12, 2016 SPORT QATAR STARS LEAGUE PREVIEW Al Sadd on a high aft er crushing Al Sailiya stun win over Al Rayyan Al Gharafa 2-1, Rayyan get lucky Defending champions Al Rayyan benefit from Al Wakrah own goal to score 1-0 win Al Sadd coach Jesualdo Ferriera (R) speaks to the press ahead of his team’s match against Umm Salal.

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