
Al Sadd vs Sharjah, 2023-24 AFC Champions League, Group Stage
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Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Attempt blocked. Akram Afif (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Baghdad Bounedjah.
- 3': Foul by Pedro Miguel (Al Sadd).
- 3': Ousmane Camara (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Foul by Majid Surour (Sharjah).
- 5': Hassan Al Haydos (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Abdelaziz Alkaabi (Sharjah).
- 9': Gonzalo Plata (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Offside, Al Sadd. Pedro Miguel tries a through ball, but Baghdad Bounedjah is caught offside.
- 12': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Konstantinos Manolas.
- 13': Attempt missed. Akram Afif (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Paulo Otávio with a headed pass.
- 14': Firas Ben Arbi (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd).
- 14': Offside, Sharjah. Abdalla Ghanim tries a through ball, but Miralem Pjanic is caught offside.
- 18': Foul by Akram Afif (Al Sadd).
- 18': Miralem Pjanic (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Akram Afif (Al Sadd).
- 20': Majid Rashid (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Offside, Sharjah. Firas Ben Arbi tries a through ball, but Ousmane Camara is caught offside.
- 22': Hand ball by Hassan Al Haydos (Al Sadd).
- 23': Foul by Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd).
- 23': Konstantinos Manolas (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Akram Afif.
- 24': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Baghdad Bounedjah.
- 25': Offside, Sharjah. Miralem Pjanic tries a through ball, but Firas Ben Arbi is caught offside.
- 27': Foul by Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd).
- 27': Majid Surour (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 30': Foul by Firas Ben Arbi (Sharjah).
- 30': Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Akram Afif (Al Sadd) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 30': Foul by Khaled Ebraheim (Sharjah).
- 31': Attempt missed. Mohammed Waad (Al Sadd) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Akram Afif (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 32': Foul by Ousmane Camara (Sharjah).
- 32': Gonzalo Plata (Al Sadd) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Ousmane Camara (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card.
- 33': Gonzalo Plata (Al Sadd) is shown the yellow card.
- 36': Caio Lucas (Sharjah) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 36': Foul by Tarek Salman (Al Sadd).
- 37': Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Abdalla Ghanim (Sharjah).
- 39': Attempt saved. Hassan Al Haydos (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Akram Afif.
- 39': Boualem Khoukhi (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Ousmane Camara (Sharjah).
- 42': Attempt missed. Caio Lucas (Sharjah) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Firas Ben Arbi.
- 43': Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 43': Foul by Caio Lucas (Sharjah).
- 43': Foul by Tarek Salman (Al Sadd).
- 43': Majid Surour (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Offside, Sharjah. Adel Al Hosani tries a through ball, but Caio Lucas is caught offside.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paulo Otávio with a cross.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Al Sadd 0, Sharjah 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Al Sadd 0, Sharjah 0.
- 46': Foul by Tarek Salman (Al Sadd).
- 46': Ousmane Camara (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Pedro Miguel.
- 48': Attempt missed. Caio Lucas (Sharjah) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross following a corner.
- 49': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Konstantinos Manolas.
- 51': Foul by Majid Rashid (Sharjah).
- 51': Gonzalo Plata (Al Sadd) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 51': Majid Rashid (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 52': Attempt missed. Hassan Al Haydos (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Akram Afif following a set piece situation.
- 55': Penalty Al Sadd. Gonzalo Plata draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 55': Penalty conceded by Abdelaziz Alkaabi (Sharjah) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 58': Penalty missed! Still Al Sadd 0, Sharjah 0. Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd) hits the left post with a right footed shot.
- 58': Boualem Khoukhi (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Caio Lucas (Sharjah).
- 60': Caio Lucas (Sharjah) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Foul by Tarek Salman (Al Sadd).
- 60': Tarek Salman (Al Sadd) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Manolas (Sharjah) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Firas Ben Arbi with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 62': Substitution, Sharjah. Alhasan Saleh replaces Abdelaziz Alkaabi.
- 62': Substitution, Sharjah. Majed Hassan replaces Majid Surour.
- 64': Delay in match because of an injury Ousmane Camara (Sharjah).
- 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 67': Attempt saved. Pedro Miguel (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 67': Attempt missed. Mateus Uribe (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 68': Offside, Sharjah. Adel Al Hosani tries a through ball, but Ousmane Camara is caught offside.
- 70': Attempt missed. Miralem Pjanic (Sharjah) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Caio Lucas.
- 71': Foul by Firas Ben Arbi (Sharjah).
- 71': Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Firas Ben Arbi (Sharjah) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 72': Foul by Pedro Miguel (Al Sadd).
- 72': Ousmane Camara (Sharjah) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 74': Substitution, Sharjah. Sebastián Tagliabué replaces Caio Lucas.
- 74': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Tarek Salman.
- 75': Corner, Sharjah. Conceded by Pedro Miguel.
- 77': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross.
- 78': Delay in match because of an injury Hassan Al Haydos (Al Sadd).
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 79': Substitution, Al Sadd. Ali Asad replaces Hassan Al Haydos because of an injury.
- 82': Attempt missed. Pedro Miguel (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Akram Afif.
- 82': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pedro Miguel.
- 83': Offside, Sharjah. Miralem Pjanic tries a through ball, but Sebastián Tagliabué is caught offside.
- 84': Attempt missed. Paulo Otávio (Al Sadd) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ali Asad.
- 85': Foul by Sebastián Tagliabué (Sharjah).
- 85': Mateus Uribe (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Khaled Ebraheim.
- 87': Substitution, Sharjah. Khalid Bawazir replaces Firas Ben Arbi.
- 87': Substitution, Al Sadd. Musaab Khidir replaces Pedro Miguel.
- 88': Substitution, Al Sadd. Yusuf Abdurisag replaces Baghdad Bounedjah.
- 90': Attempt saved. Ousmane Camara (Sharjah) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Khalid Bawazir.
- 90': Foul by Sebastián Tagliabué (Sharjah).
- 90': Tarek Salman (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Majid Rashid (Sharjah).
- 90'+2': Gonzalo Plata (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Abdalla Ghanim (Sharjah).
- 90'+5': Yusuf Abdurisag (Al Sadd) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+6': Corner, Al Sadd. Conceded by Ousmane Camara.
- 90'+7': Attempt missed. Akram Afif (Al Sadd) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Al Sadd 0, Sharjah 0.
- 0': Match ends, Al Sadd 0, Sharjah 0.
Statistics
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SHA |
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12 | Fouls | 16 |
3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 6 |
4 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
1 | Saves | 2 |
66.1 | Possession | 33.9 |
15 | SHOTS | 5 |
2 | ON GOAL | 1 |
0.1 | On Target % | 0.2 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
457 | Accurate Passes | 207 |
530 | Passes | 277 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
7 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
26 | Crosses | 9 |
0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
59 | Long Balls | 39 |
35 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
2 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
8 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
13 | Tackles | 19 |
0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
8 | Interceptions | 12 |
6 | Effective Clearances | 34 |
6 | Clearances | 34 |
Game Information
Venue: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Location: Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 9,831
AFC Champions League Standings
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nasaf Quarshi | 1 | +1 | 3 |
2 | Al Sadd | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Sharjah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Al-Faisaly | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Al Sadd (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
22 | Meshaal Barsham (GK) |
16 | Boualem Khoukhi |
5 | Tarek Salman ![]() |
6 | Paulo Otávio ![]() |
2 | Pedro Miguel |
88 | Mateus Uribe |
7 | Mohammed Waad |
10 | Hassan Al-Haydos |
11 | Baghdad Bounedjah |
51 | Akram Afif |
19 | Gonzalo Plata ![]() |
Sharjah (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
40 | Adel Al-Hosani (GK) |
18 | Abdullah Ghanem |
44 | Kostas Manolas |
15 | Abdulaziz Salem |
19 | Khaled Ebraheim Al Dhanhani |
10 | Miralem Pjanic |
6 | Majid Surour Salim |
24 | Majid Rashid ![]() |
7 | Caio |
30 | Ousmane Camara ![]() |
11 | Mohamed Ben Larbi ![]() |
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