Qatar Stars League/ Umm Salal, Al Rayyan in Goalless Draw

Doha, August 30 (QNA) - Umm Salal and Al Rayyan played out a 0-0 draw in Week 5 of the 2022-2023 season QNB Stars League at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium on Tuesday. With this draw, Al Rayyan earned their first point after losing the first four rounds, while Umm Salal reached the fifth point. The match came quiet and medium-level at the beginning, at the 14th minute Al Rayyan got the first real threat, following Nzonzi's header, which collided with Umm Salal's right post and went outside. Umm Salah tried to take advantage of the powerful shots from outside the penalty area to beat Al Rayyan, through the brilliant Abdulrahman Raafat, but the brilliance of Fahad Younis kept his team clean . Al Rayyan started strongly with a great desire to score early, depending on the movements of Ivory Yohan Boli and Tamim Mansour in front, so the advantage of the Chilean coach Nicolas Cordova's team looks clear through possession. Umm Salah began to enter the atmosphere of the match gradually, by showing offensive intentions to ease the pressure imposed by the opponent, so Abdulrahman Raafat almost scored from a header, after Abdulrahman Al Rashidi's cross, but his ball passed next to the post in the 32nd minute. In the second half, Al Rayyan forcing Umm Salal to retreat to the back positions amid a torrent of attacks. Khalid Ali did not deal well with Abdulrahman Al Harazi's pass, which put him in front of the goal, to shoot hastily over the crossbar in the 66th minute, while Khalifa Abu Bakr, Umm Salal's goalkeeper shone in removing Tamim Mansour's shot in the 71st minute. Al Rayyan players threw their weight in the last minutes, and Al Makki Mohsen asked for a penalty kick after an intervention from goalkeeper Abu Bakr in the 89th minute, but the VAR technique proved the safety of the goalkeeper's position, and the match ended in a negative draw. (QNA)