Five-star Al Sadd crush Al Rayyan

OHA: High-scoring Algerian forward Baghdad Bounedjah yesterday scored twice as Al Sadd crushed old rivals Al Rayyan 5-0 at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.

Striker Bounedjah was well supported by team-mates Abdelkarim Hassan, Akram Afif and Jung Woo-young as the home team won the traditional derby ‘Qatar Clasico’ with a commanding show.

Bounedjah scored his goals in the 11th and 70th minutes while Hassan found the net in the 31st minute. Afif scored (59) in the second half while Woo-young wrapped up proceedings with a strike in the 79th minute.

Al Sadd’s U-23 player Tarik Salman said yesterday: “It was a great game. Our senior players really played well. We created the chances and scored when we could. It was a top performance. We are happy. Our players delivered a wholehearted effort on the pitch.”

Al Rayyan’s Mowafak Awad was dejected with his team’s sloppy show.

“We made far too many mistakes and conceded those two early goals (in the first half),” Awad said after the clash. “I would say they were lucky in the second half. We tried our best but we could not do well today,” he added.

In the 5th minute of the round 6 clash, Al Rayyan’s Ali Al Nuaimi bumped into Qatar national team player Hamid Ismail of Al Sadd causing stoppage in play for a few minutes. A few moments later Ismail fell flat on the pitch once again after another reckless tackle but got up immediately.

Three minutes later, Al Rayan keeper Oumar Barry dived full length to grab a loopy header by team-mate Awad with Al Sadd’s feared striker Bounedjah in touching distance.

In the 11th minute, home team Al Sadd scored the opening goal off a counterattack. Ismail, tearing away on the flank from the half line, slipped in a long ball to striker Bounedjah who was close to the Al Rayyan box.

With two defenders shadowing the tall Algerian, Bounedjah headed home over keeper Barry, who charged out to stop the move.

It was Bounedjah’s 12th goal in just the sixth match this season. As Al Sadd players and fans celebrated the strike, team coach Jesualdo Ferreira calmly observed from the touchline.

In the 14th minute, Al Sadd’s Hassan seemingly pushed Al Rayyan striker Sebastian Soria close to his own goal but the linesman ordered play on much to the dismay of the visitor’s camp.

Close to the half-hour mark, Al Sadd star forward Afif was beaten to the ball inside the Al Rayyan box by keeper Barry after the diminutive striker had weaved his way past two defenders. A few moments later, Afif was once again beaten to the ball first by Al Rayyan keeper Barry was spent a busy 30 minutes of the first half.

In the 31st minute, Al Sadd midfielder Hassan – after neat cross from team-mate Woo-young – fired a left-footed bullet from inside the Al Rayyan box.

The ball hit the top of Al Rayyan net with keeper Barry in no position to block the shot. It was Hassan’s first goal of the season.

Captain Rodrigo Tabata, somewhat off color, misfired with Al Rayyan’s first freekick in the 35th minute, sending the ball way above the Al Sadd crossbar. Three minutes into the second half, veteran striker Soria – after tapping down a loopy cross inside the box – swivelled and fired a shot that narrowly sailed past the Al Sadd crossbar. Seconds later Al Rayyan coach benched Abdulrahman Al Korbi and brought in Ibrahim Abdelhalim Masoud.

With Al Rayyan picking up some momentum, Tabata curled in a left-footed drive from outside the box but the ball sailed above the Al Sadd crossbar.

A minute from the hour mark, Al Sadd made it 3-0. Bounedjah lurking just outside the Al Rayyan box – found an unmarked Afif with a neat cross.

With ample of space to play with, Afif charged ahead with the ball and then calmly slotted the ball above the head of keeper Barry who had stepped out of his position to kill the move. It was Afif’s seventh goal of the season.

A minute later, seasoned forwards Soria and Tabata failed to provide finishing touches to a scoring opportunity from close range with Al Sadd keeper out of position to stop the move. Six minutes later, a similar move by

Tabata ended up going waste with the ball missing the target again. In the 70th minute, Bounedjah produced a snap-header off a Xavi free kick to score his second goal of the match and Al Sadd’s fourth. In the 79th minute, Korean star Woo-young curled in a neat shot from the edge of the Al Rayyan box to score his first goal for the team.

Al Rayyan fans started to trudge off from the venue after the fifth goal leaving Al Sadd supporters to savour a memorable performance.

Meanwhile Al Duhail yesterday beat Al Gharafa 4-2 in a fast-paced encounter at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium.

A double by Youssef El Arabi (9 and 42, p) and Nam Tae-hee’s (62 and 88) brace in the second half paved the way for Al Duhail’s win.

For former champions Al Gharafa, the goals were scored by Vadimir Weiss (16, p) and Mehdi Taremi (51, p).

By Rizwan Rehmat I The Peninsula

ارتقى فريق السد، اليوم السبت، لقمة جدول ترتيب الدوري لكرة القدم مؤقتًا.

واكتسح السد ضيفه الريان بخمسة أهداف دون رد، ضمن مباريات الجولة السادسة للمسابقة المحلية.

أحرز الخماسية، الجزائري بغداد بونجاح (هدفين) في الدقيقتين 11 و70، وعبد الكريم حسن حاج وأكرم حسن عفيف والكوري الجنوبي وو يونغ جونغ في الدقائق 31 و59 و79 من زمن المباراة.

بهذه النتيجة، ارتقى السد للصدارة مؤقتًا برصيد 13 نقطة، فيانتظار نتائج باقي مباريات الجولة، فيما تجمد رصيد الريان عند 11 نقطة في المركز الرابع.

ويعد السد أكثر الفرق تتويجًا ببطولة الدوري القطري بإجمالي 13 لقبًا، بينما حصد الدحيل لقب النسختين الأخيرتين.

تشكيلة فريق السد كانت ( مشعل برشم ، بيدرو ميجيل ( طارق سلمان )، عبدالكريم حسن ( ياسر أبوبكر ) ، حامد اسماعيل ، خوخي بوعلام ، سالم الهاجري ، غابي ، جونغ اوو يونغ ، تشافي ، بغداد بونجاح ، أكرم عفيف ( على أسد )

تشكيلة فريق الريان كانت ( عمر باري ، موسى هارون ، عبدالرحمن الكربي ( أحمد عبدالمقصود )، عبدالرحمن الحرازي ( ابراهيم عبدالحليم )، تباتا ، موفق عوض ( محمد علاء )، على سند ، محمد جمعة ، مايوندين كو ، سبستيان سوريا ، دانيال جومو )