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Umm Salal-El Jaish draw; Ali's strike gives Al Ahli win

Published: 27 Jan 2017 - 10:10 pm | Last Updated: 19 Nov 2021 - 02:30 am
Action from the Qatar Stars League match between Al Ahli and Al Khor in Doha yesterday. Al Ahli won 1-0.

Action from the Qatar Stars League match between Al Ahli and Al Khor in Doha yesterday. Al Ahli won 1-0.

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A goal from Younes Ali helped Al Ahli to register a fighting 1-0 win over Al Khor  in the Round 18 of the Qatar Stars League yesterday.
Only a single goal separated the two sides as Yousef Adam’s men came out victorious giving them their third straight win in the league.
In the thirtieth minute, Ali Farydon controlled the ball after it was headed towards him from a cross. Farydon then dribbled the ball towards the edge of the box and then laid it off to his teammate, Younes Ali, who curled the ball into the goal from right outside the box.
?Al Ahli held on to their slender advantage and added three points to their tally. The Brigadiers now have twenty-three points from eighteen games while Al Khor remains at nineteen points.
In the other match, Umm Salal and El Jaish walked away with a point each at Qatar Sports Club Stadium after a 1-1 draw.
Umm Salal struck in the 36th minute when they found the back of the net thanks to Hilal Mohammed. Yannick Sagbo, launched a long looping cross from the right wing that Jaish’s defence failed to deal with and Hilal was able to stab it home from within the six yard box to give the Orange Fortress a one nil lead going into half time.
Jaish struck first to draw the game at 1-1 following a controversial equaliser in the 61st minute. Umm Salal attempted to stop play after they thought Jaish’s Mohammed Al-Yazidi fouled Abdel Alawiin in midfield. Despite Alawiin writhing around in pain, Jaish played on and Abdulgadir Ilyas  found himself at the end of a cross and able to poke it home from two yards out to make it 1-1.