Qatar SC players celebrate after wining the match.
Doha: Qatar SC defeated Al Rayyan 1-0 in their postponed match from Week 18 of the QNB Stars League 2022-2023 season at the Al Gharafa Stadium yesterday.
The winning goal for Qatar SC came in the 83rd minute of the match from a penalty strike taken by their Moroccan professional Badr Benoun.
The victory took Qatar SC’s points tally to 29 points being 6th in the league standings while Al Rayyan remained 9th with 17 points – tied with 10th placed Al Shamal.
Till the deciding spot kick, Qatar SC had held sway over ‘The Lions’. They had made a flurry of raids on the Al Rayyan citadel when on one occasion a strike from Qatar SC substitute Jassim Ahmad Al Jalabi was ‘handled’ by Dami Terawari.
A VAR check made the referee signal to the spot and Benoun made no mistake in beating Al Rayyan goalkeeper Ivanildo Rodrigues to his right.
Al Rayyan’s close chance came in the injury time of the opening half when Yohan Boli made a header off a corner kick but goalkeeper Al Abbasi was well in position to spoil the chance. The lurking Qatar SC eventually reaped the reward as Al Rayyan fumbled inside the danger zone while trying to defend, giving away the penalty. This was Al Rayyan’s second successive loss after their 3-4 defeat to Al Duhail in their postponed match of Week 15 last Tuesday, while Qatar SC had lost their last game 0-2 to Al Sadd in Week 19.
