Today, Sunday, August 11, Al Arabi Club settled for a 0-0 draw against its guest Al Shahaniya in the first round of the Ooredoo Stars League in a match that was held at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.
4 matches were played in The competitionYesterday, Saturday, and the day before yesterday, Friday, the first round concluded with the matches between Al-Arabi and Al-Shahaniya and Al-Wakrah and Al-Ahli on Sunday.
Ooredoo Stars League.. Al Arabi draws with Al Shahaniya
The first half of the match between Al Arabi and Al Shahaniya ended in a goalless draw. Al Shahaniya was the first to attack and almost opened the scoring in minute (2), but the defenders of the “Dreams” club stopped its dangerous attempt.
The first half did not witness many scoring opportunities, so the two clubs ended in a draw with no winner or loser. In the second half, Al Arabi had a chance to open the scoring after receiving a penalty kick, but its Tunisian star Youssef Msakni wasted it in the (62) minute in front of Al Shahaniya goalkeeper Bautista Burki, amidst great regret from Al Arabi fans.
In the last quarter of an hour of the match, specifically in minute (76), Al-Shahaniya almost scored a goal, but Al-Arabi goalkeeper Jassim Al-Hail brilliantly blocked the ball from the opposing player.
Ooredoo Stars League.. An exciting draw between Al-Wakrah and Al-Ahli
In another match, held today, Sunday, in the Ooredoo Stars League, the confrontation between Al-Wakrah and Al-Ahli ended in an exciting draw with a score of (2-2), in the match that was held at the “Al-Janoub” stadium.
The “Blue Wave” was the first to open the scoring through a goal scored by its player Jacinto Dala in the (20) minute, and the superiority continued in favor of Al-Wakra until the end of the first half of the match between the two teams.
At the beginning of the second half, Al-Ahly tried to achieve a tie, and after several attempts, it achieved that in the (76) minute through its player Eric Alexander, but Al-Wakra returned to advance in the match result again by scoring a second goal by its player Ayoub Assal in the (77) minute.
Al-Ahly did not surrender to its delay in the score, and repeated its attempts in the last minutes in its quest to adjust the score, and it succeeded in the (86) minute with a goal scored by its player Omar Seko.
As a reminder, the first round of the Ooredoo Stars League for the new 2024-25 season witnessed a major surprise when the title holder, Al Sadd, lost to Al Shamal by two goals to one, scored by its former Algerian star, Baghdad Bounedjah.
