Al Rayyan continued to pile on the pressure on leaders Al Duhail, beating Al Sadd 1-0 in the QNB Stars League yesterday at Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.
Franck Kom scored the all important goal in the ninth minute as Al Rayyan, with their 11th victory, took their points tally to 38, four less than leaders Al Duhail who defeated Al Sailiya 2-1 in the day’s early kick-off .
Al Sadd remained on 32 points after suffering their fifth defeat.
The high-profile Qatar Clasico between teams with a large and passionate fan base lived up to expectations.
Al Sadd had more of the ball, but Al Rayyan succeeded in scoring an early goal that gave them advantage.
Al Rayyan captain Rodrigo Tabata gave Al Sadd a scare in the fourth minute as he hit his shot against the right upright.
Not long after came the goal when Kom controlled the ball as Abdelkarim Hassan failed to deal with a Khaled Muftah cross from deep on the left and hit the ball home from an acute angle past a diving goalkeeper Saad al-Sheeb.

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