Al Rayyan reach GCC championship quarters

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Wednesday, March 18th 2015 09:15 AM

DOHA: Qatar’s Al Rayyan and Saudi Arabia’s Al Taawon played out a 2-2 draw in the fourth round of Group A of the GCC Club Championship at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium on Tuesday. Al Rayyan initiated a number of attacks through Ahmed Alaa, Rodrigo Tabata and Lucho but found themselves on the back foot at half-time as Ismael Al Magrabi scored twice for the visitors on 28 and 44 minutes. However, Brazilian Rodrigo Tabata pulled one back for the Qatar second division outfit on 66 minutes. Before defender Mousa Haroun leveled the scoreline just seven minutes before full time. Qatar's other representatives Al Arabi were shockingly prematurely eliminated after losing to Oman's Al Seeb Al Rayyan now are second in Group A with 5 points and have secured a spot in the next round alongside Saudi’s Al Taawon who are one point ahead. ريان-وتعاون-خليجي