Sport SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2020 F1:F Bottas bags pole position as Mercedes team-matet Hamilton rues poor lap Valtteri did a great job. It was a pretty...poor lap from myself.m These things happen, you can’t always get it perfect, HamiltonH says after a poor lap and qualifying second. Lewis Hamilton Sport |07 IPL: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets, Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 9 wickets Al Arabi are Amir Cup volleyball champs President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, presenting the Amir Cup trophy to champions Al Arabi after they beat Police 3-2 (23-21, 25-17, 25-23, 25-23,17- 25) in yesterday's final played at the Qatar Volleyball Association's indoor hall. PIC: TWITTER / @JOAANBINHAMAD Wolves clinch remarkable 4-1 win to reach Amir Cup final Brilliant Al Sadd topple Al Duhail CHINTHANA WASALA THE PENINSULA A brilliant second-half performance yesterday saw 16-time-champions Al Sadd crush title holders Al Duhail 4-1 to make it to their 26th Amir Cup final. Playing under lights at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, football giants Al Duhail took an early lead through Edmilson Junior (10) but goals from Boualem Khoukhi (59), Guil- herme (64), Baghdad Bounedjah (77) and Rodrigo Tabata (88) sealed the deal for Al Sadd. Asian Player-of-the-Year Akram Afif set up two of those as Al Sadd completed a com- manding win. The victory was the exact opposite of the previous Al Sadd's Baghdad Bounedjah (fourth left) scoring their third goal against Al Duhail in yesterday's meeting between the two teams Amir Cup semi-final played at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium yesterday. PICTURES: ANVAR SADATH in the Amir Cup when Al Sadd, under the then skipper Xavi Hernandez, lost to Al Duhail 1-4 number of scoring chances. Miguel passed the ball to Al in the last year’s final. Al Duhail’s first attempt Sadd’s goalkeeper who tried to “It is a very satisfying win came as early as the sixth return it to Jung Wooyoung. We played a great game and deserve for us. Despite conceding a goal, minute when Medhi Benatia However, Mohammed Muntari we did not give up. We kept attempted a bicycle kick from collided with South Korean who to reach the Cup final: Al Haydos fighting,” Al Sadd skipper few feet away from the goal. lost his balance as the ball Hassan Al Haydos said. Benatia couldn’t find the right deflected towards Edmilson. THE PENINSULA – DOHA In yesterday’s encounter, Al angle after receiving a pass Edmilson shot the ball past “We had possession of the ball from the Duhail was in control in the first from Sultan Al Brake as the ball Meshaal Barsham who was start of the match and had an advantage half. Al Sadd enjoyed most of flew past the left post. Four filling in for Qatar national goal- Al Sadd captain Hassan Al Haydos yesterday despite Al Duhail taking a one-goal lead. We the ball possession but it was minutes later, Belgian Edmilson keeper Saad Al Dosari who expressed his delight after his side defeated Al did not lose hope and managed to come back the Sabri Lamouchi-coached gave the 1-0 lead for the hosts. missed yesterday’s match due Duhail 4-1 to reach the Amir Cup final. into the game with the equalising goal. After team that produced most Qatari defender Pedro to an injury. Speaking to the media after the match, Al- that, we played better in attack and succeeded Edmilson almost doubled Haydos said yesterday: “It was a very wonderful in scoring four goals to get a well-deserved Bounedjah (left) the lead in the 24th minute game, and we managed to come back after con- win, with a great performance from everyone,” celebrates with captain when he curled a shot from ceding a goal in the first half. We responded He added. Hassan Al Haydos. outside the penalty area after with four goals in the second half, and we "The players showed their sense of respon- receiving a short pass from created many dangerous opportunities.” sibility and we accomplished the mission. We Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues. But Al Haydos said: “Congratulations to Al-Sadd hope to continue the journey in the final, and the ball flew past the bar at a fans on this victory and qualifying for the final.” win the prestigious trophy,” Al Haydos said. bullet’s pace. Edmilson repeated the same nine minutes later, but met with the same result. touched Edmilson’s hand before straight to Afif who passed it that decision backfired when he In the 41th minute, Afif had the Belgian directed the ball incoming Guilherme. Guil- came out to intercept the a golden opportunity to score, towards the Iranian herme’s powerful shot was too incoming ball and kicked it but the Qatari striker failed to international. difficult for Al Duhail’s cus- back. connect after receiving a long And just when everyone todian Khalifa Ababacar Ndiaye Guilherme passed the ball and well-directed pass from Al thought Al Duhail had the upper to stop as Xavi’s men took the to Tabata, who was almost at Haydos. Afif went down after a hand, Al Sadd struck back to lead for the first time in the halfway line and to everyone’s contact with Benatia, but the disappoint the defending match. surprise the former Qatar referee ruled out any wrong- champions. Afif was once again involved national skipper shot the ball doings by the Moroccan. Just five minutes after the in setting up a goal, this time the towards the unguarded net to Al Sadd kept trying hard for VAR drama, Afif set up a brilliant receiver was Bounedjah who make it 4-1 in favour of Al Sadd an equaliser but Lamouchi’s opportunity as Khoukhi leapt to had placed himself inside the who marched into their 26th men maintained the lead at head the ball into the net from penalty area. The Algerian shot final. halfway mark. close range to make it 1-1. the ball into the net to give Al Al Duhail were handed two In the 54th minute, Ramin The deadlock didn’t last Sadd the 3-1 lead in the 77th red cards in the injury time for Semeskandi thought he had long. minute. foul play, but that did not affect scored Al Sadd’s second goal In the 64th minute, Al Brake With the clock ticking and the game as it the referee’s final when he shot the ball into the made a mistake when he acci- almost all options gone, Al whistle was blown a moment net from close range, only to see dently kicked the ball back onto Duhail goalkeeper also was later. Al Sadd will now meet Al the goal disallowed. The referee the playing field to avoid a seen leaving his box to add extra Arabi in search of their 14th referred VAR to find the ball corner, only to see the ball going strength to the hosts’ side. But Amir Cup title glory. Sport SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2020 07 Ziyech, Werner shine as Chelsea post 3-0 win Scotland win in Wales to AP - BURNLEY PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS international has recently returned to full fitness after a hamstring injury spoil Jones’ Chelsea’s expensive offseason Sheffield United 0 Manchester City 1 which forced him to miss the opening overhaul is starting to deliver results. (Walker 28) weeks of the season. landmark Two of the club’s six summer Burnley 0 Chelsea 3 (Ziyech 26, Zouma A rejig saw Werner promoted signings - Hakim Ziyech and Timo 63, Werner 70) from the bench to play on the left Test Werner - scored in a 3-0 win over Liverpool 2 (Salah 42, Jota 85) wing but it was on the other flank West Ham 1 (Fornals 10) Burnley in the Premier League yes- from where Chelsea took the lead in Playing today: AFP — LLANELLI terday, which came three days after Aston Villa vs Southampton, Newcastle the 26th minute, with a cross being a 4-0 victory in the Champions vs Everton, Manchester United vs laid off by Tammy Abraham for Scotland finally ended their League at Krasnodar. Arsenal, Tottenham vs Brighton Ziyech to shoot home from the edge long wait for an away win Perhaps just as pleasingly for vis- Tomorrow: of the area, wrong-footing Burnley against Wales with a 14-10 iting manager Frank Lampard, his Fulham vs West Brom, Leeds vs goalkeeper Nick Pope. success in their Six Nations team’s remodeled defense kept a Leicester Ziyech, also recently recovered finale that spoilt home fourth straight clean sheet in all com- from injury, has scored in both of his captain Alun Wyn Jones’ petitions, highlighting Chelsea’s starts for Chelsea, having also netted record-breaking strength at both ends of the field as slumped to a fifth loss in six games against Krasnodar. appearance. it seeks to challenge for the title after to stay in the bottom three. Zouma again showed his eye for This was Scotland’s first Chelsea’s Kurt Zouma celebrates scoring his team's spending around $300m. Lampard had to reorganize his goal by powering in a corner from win on Welsh soil since second goal with Tammy Abraham during a Premier Center back Kurt Zouma was the lineup at the last minute after Mason Mount in the 63rd before 2002 and also meant they League match against Burnley at Turf Moor, Burnley, scorer of the other goal - his third of Christian Pulisic was withdrawn after Ziyech slipped a pass in for Werner, ended the coronavirus- Britain yesterday.