Al Shamal crush Umm Salal; Draxler brace powers Al Ahli to win

Doha: Al Shamal crushed Umm Salal 5 0 in the final fixture of Qatar Stars League s ninth week to climb to second spot in the standings yesterday. A...

Doha: Al Shamal crushed Umm Salal 5-0 in the final fixture of Qatar Stars League’s ninth week to climb to second spot in the standings yesterday.

At Al Khor Stadium, goals by Alex Collado and Baghdad Bounedjah, apart from an own goal by Umm Salal’s Issoufou Dayo put Al Shamal ahead at halftime. In the second half, Collado struck again to make it 4-0 before Moufak Awad completed the 5-0 drubbing to hand Umm Salal their sixth defeat in the League this season.

The result moved Al Shamal to 17 points from five wins, behind leaders Al Gharafa, who are on 19. Al Shamal and Qatar SC are level on points but ahead on goal difference. Umm Salal stayed 11th on 6 points.

Al Shamal’s early success was mainly due to mistakes by Umm Salal custodian Jehad Mohammad Hudib.

Collado’s powerful strike slipped through Hudib in the 11th minute, and a misread back-pass from Dayo went inside their own net in the 18th minute before Algerian goal machine Bounedjah added a third on 38 minutes from a Collado assist.