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A negative tie decides our confrontation with Al Sailiya

A negative tie was decided against Al-Khor Knights and Al-Sailiya in the match that brought the two teams together at Khalifa International Stadium, in the opening of the fifth round of the QNB Stars League for the 2021-2022 football season. With this result, Al Sailiya raised its score to 4 points, while Al Khor reached the third point. Returning to the events of the meeting, the first half began quickly, with strong pressure from Al Sailiya, in search of an early goal that would facilitate his mission to achieve victory. In the 16th minute, Al-Sailiya received a penalty kick, after Al-Khor defender Diab Haroun blocked Mohammed Salah Al-Nile. Referee Abdul Rahman Al-Jassem did not hesitate to calculate it in the interest of Al-Sailiya, but was wasted by the Iranian team's professional, Ramin Rezaian. Al Sailiya continued to pressure to try to score the first goal and the Norwegian Valentin Adama hit a powerful ball from outside the penalty area in the 19th minute, but it passed near the post. Al-Khor maintained its defensive balance by intensifying the greater presence of players in the penalty area, even though Schaefer was the only coach who relied on Nayef Al-Buraiki as a defense heart instead of playing in the middle, and changed Hilal Muhammad's position by playing in the middle. Nayef Al-Buraiki almost scored by mistake during an attempt to clear one of the balls, but Baba Jibril saved it in time, as the minutes passed and the first half ended with a goalless draw. In the second half, Al-Khor rushed to attack, unlike the first half, and took the initiative to put pressure on the Al-Sailiya players, instead of being cautious over defense. Al Khor midfielder Gacha Cole managed to score a goal with a powerful shot that collided with Ahmed Hassan Al Mohannadi and shook Al Sailiya goalkeeper Claude Amin in the 53rd minute, but referee Abdul Rahman Al Jassem canceled the goal after referring to the VAR technique due to an error just before the goal was scored. The seriousness of the Al-Khor team continued with the remarkable activity of Ismail Al-Haddad, Al-Mohannadi and Hilal, who evaded the defense and launched a ball in the 81st minute and then fired it, but as usual, Claude Amin was on the lookout for her. As the meeting entered the last turn, Al Sailiya began to exchange Al Khor attacks and from an organized attack, Ramen passed an easy ball to Adama, who is free of censorship, in the 84th minute, but he stumbled before paying to miss an easy opportunity not to be missed. The series of missed easy opportunities from both teams continued, the minutes passed in succession, and the referee, Abdul Rahman Al-Jassem, blew the final whistle, announcing the end of the match in a negative tie and each team getting a point.