Our first football team at Muaither Club lost to its counterpart Al-Sailiya Club by two goals to one, in a match held this evening at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium at Al-Ahli Club, as part of the sixth week of the Second Division League. Our team’s only goal was scored by Youssef Sabri Al-Yahri in the 53rd minute.
The match started strongly between the two teams, with a slight advantage for Al-Sailiya who controlled the ball without threatening our team’s goalkeeper Abdulrahman Al-Ali.
Our team entered the match again and began attacking Al-Sailiya’s goal through the movements of Anicet Ora, the movements of Abdulrahim Al-Balushi and Abdul Aziz Adel, and Fouad Hanfouk’s crosses, but without threatening Al-Sailiya’s goal.
Our team is trying to build attacks and reach Al-Sailiya’s goal, but it is facing difficulty in advancing, due to the good spread of Al-Sailiya players on the field.
Al-Sailiya succeeded in scoring the first goal in our team’s goal through Abdullah Mohammed in the 35th minute, taking advantage of the advance of our team’s defenders with poor supervision, so the result became a goal for Al-Sailiya versus nothing for our team.
A dangerous opportunity came to our team in the last minutes of the first half from a shot by Abdul Rahim Al Balushi that hit the upper crossbar of Al Sailiya goalkeeper, and the chance to equalize was lost for our team, and the first half ended with Al Sailiya leading our team by a clean goal.
The second half began with a substitution for our team with the exit of Abdul Aziz Adel and the entry of Jay Mbenza, in an attempt by our team coach Nabil Anwar to activate the offensive side that was absent in the first half.
Continuous offensive attempts by our team to achieve the equalizing goal, but without any danger and any real attack that is barely worth mentioning on Youssef Al Sayed’s goal.
Finally, our team succeeded in reaching Al Sailiya’s net and scoring the equalizer through Youssef Sabri Al Yahri in the 53rd minute from a powerful shot from outside the box that found its way into the net of Youssef Al Sayed, Al Sailiya goalkeeper, so the result became a goal for each team.
After our team’s equalizer, the pace of the match increased and the attacks were exchanged between the two teams, as our team had an opportunity from a shot by Fouad Hanfouk that went over the crossbar, and a header by Mbenza that went next to the post, as well as several opportunities for Al-Sailiya that found the brilliance of our team’s goalkeeper, Abdulrahman Al-Ali.
At the 62nd minute, our team made two substitutions with John Benson leaving and Nassim Bin Issa entering and Abdulrahim Al-Balushi leaving and Talal Munir entering, to activate our team’s attacking midfield.
In the 87th minute, a dangerous opportunity arose for our team from a shot by Mariano Vasquez from inside the box that strangely went over the goal and our team’s chance to advance against Al-Sailiya was lost.
In the 90+2 minute, Al-Sailiya scored a second goal through Abdullah Mohammed, who took advantage of a wrong pass from our team’s goalkeeper, Abdulrahman Al-Ali, to pounce on the ball and shoot it into the net, making the score two goals for Al-Sailiya versus one for our team.
The match ended with our team losing to Al-Sailiya by two goals to one
