Unity defeats Al-Rayyan with a Syrian goal ... and loses a big star in the next confrontation

The Syrian star Omar Khribin led Al-Wehdah to continue his victories in the AFC Champions League, and a repeat victory over Al-Rayyan Al-Qatari, Friday, with a goal unanswered from a penalty kick in the 71st minute, in the fourth round of the fifth group of the tournament.

Despite Al-Wehda's joy with the precious victory, a team lost the efforts of its captain, Ismail Matar, who will be absent from the Al-Wehda squad in the next Iranian Persepolis match, due to his obtaining a red card as a result of his emotion over Rayyan defender Deem Traore after blocking him.

Al-Wahda, who raised its score to the seventh point, benefited from the numerical shortage in the ranks of Al Rayyan after the expulsion of two of its players as a case of dismissal in each half.

The coach of the unit, Dutch Ten Cat, put many question marks about the squad that he pushed against Al Rayyan, by keeping the two stars Ismail Matar and Omar Khribin on the bench, in a match that was in dire need of victory to continue the competition to reserve the qualifying ticket for the round of 16.

And it was clear at the beginning of the first half that the two teams were exaggerating in not accepting any goal, so caution dominated the atmosphere of the match, and the game was confined to the midfield without any threat to the two goals.

And in the midst of the monotony prevailing in the course, the 24th minute witnessed the first opportunity achieved by Al-Wehda to score from a left shot by Slovenian Matavz, which Al Rayyan's goalkeeper succeeded in deflecting into a corner kick, which was executed without being taken advantage of.

Another opportunity arose for the Excellencies from a fixed kick by Khalil Ibrahim, which was removed by the defense and the ball on its way to the goal to a corner kick (34).

The match changed dramatically one minute before the end of the first half, when Abdullah Anwar launched from the right and made his way towards the goal to be blocked by defender Mohamed Al-Sayed at the border of the box, after which the arena referee, Abdullah Al-Enezi, announced the red card directly to the player Al-Rayyan , To force his team to play the complete second half with 10 players.

Al-Wahda entered the second half with a clear offensive tendency, reinforced by substitute Omar Khribin, who replaced defender Muhammad Al-Minhali, with a shot that passed along the list (48).

The descent of Ismail Matar made a milestone in Al-Wehda's performance, who played a ball in size at Faris Juma’s head. Al Rayyan’s professional Frank Com did not find a way but to block him so that Annabi got a penalty kick, and the Al Rayyan player is excluded from the match for obtaining the second yellow card.

Omar Khribin advanced to the penalty kick, which he successfully placed to the left of the goalkeeper, scoring the winning goal for the unit.

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