Al-Duhail team began its campaign in the Gulf Champions League for the 2026 season with a well-deserved victory over its guest, Al-Shabab Al-Omani, with three unanswered goals, in the confrontation that brought together the two teams at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, within the first group competitions.
Al-Duhail made a positive start, after collecting the first three points in its tally, benefiting from the goals of Al-Moez Ali, who excelled by scoring a brace in the seventh and fifty-first minutes, before Omar Sekou added the third goal in the 77th minute, settling the confrontation with a clean score and confirming his presence at the beginning of his journey in the competition.
Al-Duhail entered the match with the ambition of achieving victory and getting the three points, as part of its quest to compete for the Gulf Championship title. It was on time with its fans, and succeeded in translating its advantage into early goals that contributed to giving it the advantage, before consolidating its lead in the second half and maintaining its superiority until the final whistle.
The early goal strengthened the confidence of the Al Duhail players and gave the team the opportunity to deal with the course of the match more comfortably, at a time when the Omani youth found themselves required to seek a return to the atmosphere of the match and try to adjust the result. Al-Duhail maintained its 1-0 lead until the end of the first half.
With the start of the second half, Al-Duhail continued its efforts to consolidate the score and confirm its superiority, and Al-Moez Ali returned to the forefront again by scoring the second goal in the 51st minute, signing his personal brace in the match.
In the 77th minute, Omar Sekou succeeded in adding the third goal for Al-Duhail, confirming the superiority of the hosts and putting a practical end to the attempts of the Omani youth to reduce the difference, after the result indicated that the Qatari team advanced by three goals to nothing.
