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Knights achieve first victory in the Ooredoo Cup

The Knights of Al Khor succeeded in achieving the first victory in the Ooredoo Cup for the season 2021-2022, after defeating Al Gharafa by four goals to two, as part of the fifth round competitions for the second group of the tournament, during the match hosted by Al Khor Stadium on Monday evening, November 15, 2021 . Al Khor got three precious points, raising its score to 5 points, in contrast, Al Gharafa's balance froze at 5 points as well, and the two teams have played 4 rounds each so far, according to the tournament schedule. Al-Khour Kaiki Rodriguez scored in the 44th d, Anas Al-Fadil scored the second goal in the second minute of stoppage time for the first half, and Rafael Dosantos in the 68th d. Al-Gharafa defender Saif Al-Din Fadlallah scored the fourth goal by mistake in his own net in the fourth minute of stoppage time for the second half. Al-Gharafa Sufian Hani scored in the 59th minute of a penalty kick, and Sheikh Diabate scored in the second minute of the stoppage time for the second half. The first half came at an average level, and the play was limited to the middle of the field between both teams, and the preference was for Al-Gharafa Club, which relied on pressure and diversification of play from the parties. The first offensive initiative of the Al-Gharafa team came after Sufian's cross in the 16th from the right side, but the ball passed in front of the duo Sheikh Diabate and Amr Serraj in the first real threat to Al-Gharafa on the Al Khor goal. Al Khor initiated the attack and his balls varied between shooting from outside the area and fixed balls, in addition to the cross balls, and on 29 the Greek Vitfa launched a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area, which was saved by goalkeeper Ahmed Sufyan. Al-Khor managed to advance with the first goal through the Brazilian Kaiki in the 44th minute, after Vitva's pass between the defense, which Kaiki put over goalkeeper Ahmed Sufyan at the moment of his exit, scoring the first goal for his team. Al-Khor continued its pressure, which resulted in the scoring of the second goal in the second minute of the added time by Anas Al-Fadil. With the beginning of the second half, Al-Gharafa regained its activity, and Sufian Hani succeeded in reducing the difference, by scoring his team's first goal from a penalty kick in the 59th minute. In the 68th minute, Rafael Dosantos scored the third goal for Al Khor, after following a longitudinal ball from the corner kick, which was returned by substitute Jasir Yahya, to be inhabited by Rafael inside the Al-Gharafa net. Al-Gharafa pressed in the last minutes in order to reduce the difference, and this is what Sheikh Diabate succeeded in scoring his team’s second goal with a header in the second minute of the added time, before Al-Khor team succeeded in adding the fourth goal, which came by Al-Gharafa defender Saif Al-Din Fadlallah An own goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time, until the whistle was fired at the end of the second half and the match with Al Khor winning four goals to two.