Champions Al Rayyan failed to close the Qatar Stars League season in style, going down 3-2 to Al Ahli on the last day of the tournament yesterday.
Towards the end of the first half the match took a strange turn as both sides were awarded penalties in quick succession. The first penalty came in the favour of Al Rayyan when Mohseen Yazidi brought down Sergio Garcia inside the box in the 40th minute and Rodrigo Tabata converted from the sport to give the Lions the lead.
The goal makes Tabata the joint top scorer alongside El Jaish’s Abderazak Hamdallah with 21 goals in 26 matches.
The second goal came just moments later when Meshal Abdullah, the captain of Al Ahli, stepped up for the penalty and got the goal in the 42nd minute.  
This time Yazidi made up for conceding a penalty when he himself earned one after he was brought down on the edge of the box by Rayyan midfielder Ulises Pascua.
 Ndombe Mubele gave Al Ahli the lead in the 55th minute after he slid the ball past the keeper. Mubele received the ball in the box on the run from Mojtaba Jabari and the Congolese attacker got his first goal of the night with a brilliant finish into the far post.
 Sergio Garcia levelled the score line in the sixty first minute. The Spanish attacker received the ball after a shot from Tabata bounced of a defender and landed to him. Garcia then slid the ball into the far post past the goalkeeper.
 Yazidi sent a beautiful ball over the top to Mubele who got his second goal of the night after curling the ball past the keeper in the 73rd minute. The goal restored Al Ahli’s lead and they went on to win the match against the champions.
 Earlier, Al Sailiya rounded off their season in style with a 2-1 victory over ten-man Al Arabi.  The result moved the Peregrines on to 36 points and helped them leapfrog the Dream Team in the final standings.