The matches of the seniors and the top players continue in the I want 2025 Stars League, as the eighth round, which begins tomorrow, will witness heavy-caliber confrontations. The tour also witnesses extremely difficult and intense confrontations, which foretells an exciting and fierce round. The eighth matches will be hot, whether at the top, middle or bottom.
The tour constitutes the best preparation for the four teams preparing for the Asian competitions, whether within the elite AFC Champions League competitions, which witness the participation of the Al Sadd, Al Rayyan and Al Gharafa teams, or for the Al Wakrah team in the AFC Champions League 2, which will be held on the 4th and 5th of next November.
The round’s matches will be held on Saturday and Sunday, and the round will bring together 6 matches, with Al-Shamal and Al-Shahaniya opening the round’s matches tomorrow, then Al-Khor will meet Umm Salal and Al-Rayyan will meet Al-Ahly. Three matches will be held on Sunday: Al-Gharafa with Al-Duhail and Al-Sadd with Al-Wakrah, and the round will conclude with Qatar’s match with Al-Arabi.
Perhaps the most important matches of the eighth round are the two fiery summits that bring together Al-Duhail, the top of the standings, with Al-Gharafa, which is motivated to win and advance to the golden square. Then comes the second most important match of the round, which brings together Al-Rayyan and Al-Ahly, and the third of them is the meeting between Al-Arabi and Al-Qatrawi. The rest of the confrontations witness meetings between Al Shamal, Al Shahaniya, and Umm Salal with Al Khor, and Al Sadd with Al Wakrah.
The round will be strong because it comes with a desire to win, compensate and improve positions, especially since all teams are seeking to win the three points. Round top
If we look at the strength of the eighth round match, we find that it brings together Al-Duhail, the leaders with 18 points, with Al-Gharafa, which is in fourth place with 11 points. The desire to win on the part of both teams will ignite the confrontation, especially since each of them is coming from a win in the seventh round, where Al-Duhail defeated Al-Ahly, its rival so far, and ousted Al-Ameed, paving the way for it to continue its control and monopoly at the top.
As for Al Gharafa, which entered the semi-finals, it aspires to continue its progress after collecting 11 points at the expense of Umm Salal and winning by three in the last round. The strength of the match lies in the fact that each team features a number of the most prominent stars.
A shared ambition
As for the second important match in the round, it is the one that brings together Al Rayyan and Al Ahly, and it is a heated match, because Al Rayyan, which is faltering in Asia, wants to reconcile with its fans after its victory in the seventh round over Al Khor. Al-Rayyan occupies eighth place with 9 points, while Al-Ahly seeks to compensate for what it lost in the last round against the leaders, Al-Duhail. Al-Ahly occupies second place in the standings with 14 points.
As for the third important meeting, Al Sadd will meet Al Wakrah. A motivated Al Sadd, coming from an Asian victory and a local victory over Al Shahaniya, seeks to take steps forward and raise its score after being in third place with 12 points. Al-Wakrah, coming from a sudden loss from King Qatari, hopes to regain its victories and compensate for what it lost in the last round. Al-Wakrah enters the eighth round with 11 points in fifth place.
Al-Qatrawi challenges Al-Arabi
If we look at the match between Qatar and Al Arabi, we find that it is a hot match, as each team seeks to pass the other and advance in the standings. Al Arabi and Qatar are equal in number of points (7 points each), and occupy ninth and tenth places, and today’s meeting will be to resolve the partnership between them.
Meeting the wounded
The match between Al-Khor and Umm Salal is called “the meeting of the wounded”, as both of them lost in the last round, as Al-Khor lost to Al-Rayyan and Umm Salal to Al-Gharafa. Both Al-Nafti and Carteron coaches seek to compensate and achieve victory. Al-Khor has collected 3 points without achieving any victory so far, at the bottom of the standings, while the Falcons were once in third place, but they fell to seventh place with 10 points, which increases the pressure on them to return to the competition.