QASEEM, SAUDI ARABIA: Qatar’s Al Rayyan and Saudi Arabia’s Al Taawon played out a 1-1 draw In the second round of Group A of the GCC Club Championship on Tuesday. Al Rayyan initiated a number of attacks through Ahmed Alaa, Rodrigo Tabata and Lucho but found themselves on the back foot just nine minutes into the first Half as right full back Hamid Ismaiel scored an own goal to give the hosts an against the run of play lead. However, Brazilian Rodrigo Tabata scored a trademark equalizer on the half hour mark through a long range shot. Al Rayyan dominated the exchanges in the second half and created a number of clear cut chances but could not score as Al Taawon goalkeeper Abdullah Fadel stood firm under the home goalpost. Al Rayyan now lead Group A with 4 points after two rounds, meanwhile, Saudi’s Al Taawon are second with 2 points.