Al Seeb players celebrate after progressing to the final. PICTURE: Mamdouh
By Sports Reporter/Doha
Qatar’s Al Rayyan have been knocked out of the Del Monte 30th GCC Club Cup after they could only manage a 1-1 draw in the second leg of the semi-finals against Oman’s Al Seeb at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium yesterday.
The first leg had finished with a scoreless draw between the two sides and this 1-1 draw meant that the Omani side progressed to the finals on away goals advantage.
Rayyan conceded a goal in the 33rd minute and were chasing the game from then.
The Qatari club scored the equaliser through Rodrigo Tabata in the 79th minute but couldn’t find the back of the net one more time.
Rayyan’s hope of taking advantage of playing at home and in front of their fans didn’t quite materialise. They had gone into the match, having being thrashed by El Jaish 5-1 in the quarterfinals of the Emir Cup and that loss could have demoralised the team.
In the end Tabata’s contribution wasn’t enough and despite the Brazilian having score four goals in the competition so far, the Qatar club couldn’t go any further.
Al Seeb will face UAE’s Al Shabab who defeated Al Nasr 2-0 yesterday to progress 3-1 on aggregate.