Action from the Qatar Stars League match between Al Rayyan and Al Wakra at Al Sadd Stadium in Doha yesterday. Al Rayyan won 4-0.
Al Rayyan all but secured their top four position in the Qatar Stars League (QSL) after beating bottom of the table Al Wakra 4-0 at Al Sadd’s Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.
It was Rayyan’s captain, Rodrigo Tabata, who first hit the back of the net for The Lions on the 29th minute after he found himself on the back post and able to head home from barely a yard out after a pin point cross from Sebastian Soria.
Wakra should have equalised on the 42nd minute after they were awarded a penalty. Up stepped Wakra’s captain Mohsine Moutouali who failed to test the goalkeeper and instead smashed the spot kick way over the crossbar.
Just minutes later Rayyan doubled their lead thanks to a goalkeeping blunder from Wakra’s Mohmad Abdulla. The Waves’ goalkeeper failed to deal with a long range free kick from Tabata and the ball rebounded off his chest and straight into the path of Rayyan’s Spanish star, Sergio Garcia, who stabbed it home from two yards out to give them a 2-0 lead going into half time.
It didn’t take Rayyan long to all but see of the tie in the second half thanks to a second from Tabata. Rayyan’s captain picked up the ball near the halfway line in the 51st minute and ran at Wakra’s defence who were unable to stop him as he skipped past a number of challenges before producing a clever finish, chipping the ball over Wakra’s goalkeeper. Ten minutes later Tabata completed his hat trick with a fine free kick to make it 4-0.
In the other match, Lekhwiya won 3-0 against Al Kharaitiyat to go top of the points standings.
