Al Sadd particularly were all at sea and barely coped as Al Rayyan kept piling on the pressure right from the outset. By the time the match was 20 minutes old, Al Sadd were two goals down, both coming off the boot of Hamdallah. In the 11th minute he showed great anticipation to rise above the defence and nod the ball in after a well-directed free-kick taken from a few yard outside the box on the left flank.
The Moroccan was on target again in the 19th minute, his powerful free-kick from 25 yards taking a deflection from Ghassan and entering the net. Al Sadd continued to chase shadows and suffered another setback when Sebastian Soria found the net with a powerful drive from inside the box after receiving a pass from Hamdallah.
Al Rayyan carried a three-goal cushion into the second session but didn’t step off the accelerator as they continued to dominate. In the 58th minute Mohsinne Moutali made good from the penalty spot to make it 4-0 and six minutes later Abdulrahman al-Harazi also helped himself to a goal, also from a penalty, to put the issue beyond doubt. Al Sadd however had the consolation of avoiding a complete blanking, with the third penalty of the match put away easily by Meshaal al-Shammari.