Al Sailiya Beat Muaither, Secure Qatar Cup Berth

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Sunday, April 6th 2014 04:05 AM

DOHA: Al Saiiya blasted their way into the Qatar Cup with a brilliant 2-0 win over Muaither in the 25th round game of the Qatar Stars League on Saturday. The win over relegated Muaither secured a fourth place finish for this season's surprise package to guarantee a first ever appearance at the Qatar Cup later this month. A perfect start for Muaitheer was undermined in the 11th minute as striker Campos missed from the penalty spot, only to watch Mamoune Dagano convert one twenty minutes later. Mohammed Salah Al Neeli sealed the match on 45 minutes to raise Al Sailiya's points tally to 41, outside the reach of fifth place side Al Arabi. new_20140405225743_1396727863.08 At the Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Arabi put an end to Al Gharafa's recent winning streak as the Doha based club managed a late 2-1 victory courtesy of a 94th minute strike by former Algerian international Kareem Ziani. Following a timid opening half hour, Argentinean Leasandro Lopez broke the deadlock and scored Al Gharafa's lone goal to send his team to the locker room with a one goal cushion. snowed under by questionable tactical choices of coach Diego Agguire; Al Gharafa conceded two goals through Khokhi Bualam and Kareem Ziani on 62 and 94 minutes. The result placed Al Arabi at fifth position with 36 points, while Al Gharafa's 32 points land them at seventh position. In other matches, striker Jorge Sebastian netted on three occasions as Al Wakra defeated Al Ahli 4-1 to raise their QSL survival hopes, while Umm Salal beat Qatar SC 2-1.