Doha, 23 Oct. 2021

Al Sadd team won the Emir of Qatar Cup for the eighteenth time in the history of its career, after defeating Al Rayyan on penalties at the official opening of  Al Thumama Stadium in Doha.

Al Rayyan team scored the first goal in the 44th minute through Yassin Ibrahimi in a penalty kick against Al Sadd team.

Al Sadd equaled the goal in the 58th minute through Santi Cazorla with a penalty kick, making the match in a tie at the end of the match.

Later, Al-Sadd team beat Al-Rayyan in the penalty shootout 5-4 after Al-Rayyan team star Khalilzad missed the fifth penalty kick which crowned Al Sadd for the second time in row and eighteenth time in the history of it's football career.

AlSadd team coach is Xavier Hernandez, a spanish, among team players included Rou Ro, Boualem Khoukhi, Abdel Karim Hassan, were in the squad, while in the middle of the team came Santi Cazorla, Jung Woo Young, Torres, and Andre Ayew, Baghdad. Bounedjah, Akram Afif and Saad Al Sheeb as goalkeeper.

Among Al Rayyan squad included Laurent Blanc, a French Coach, with Fahd Younis as goalkeeper. Among the players included Dami Traoré, Hassan Mohamed El Gharib, Mohamed El Alawi, Khalilzad, while in the middle Stephen Nzonzi, Mowaffaq Awad Qaydoum, Abdel Aziz Hatem, but in the team’s attack came both players, Yassin Ibrahimi , Johann Polly, Hadi Ali.