Kenyan international Michael Olunga grabbed a goal to help Al Duhail SC stand on top of the podium as they beat Al Saad 2-0 to win the 2023 Qatar Cup in front of a packed Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar on Thursday night.##NAJAVA_MECA_7153222##Olunga was the first man to draw blood for Al Duhail in the 48th minute as he finished off a wonderful cross ball from Tunisian international Ferjan Sassi just inside the 18-yard box to give The Red Knights a deserved lead against Juan Manuel Lillo’s side.The provider then turned goal scorer five minutes later in the 53rd minute of the game as he swept home an Al Moeez Ali left-foot deflected cross into the box to see the top side in the Qatar Stars League bag another piece of silverware in what is looking like a very promising season for Al Duhail.After the full time whistle, H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, handed the trophy to Al Duhail captain Al Moeez Ali and honored the players and officials of the two teams.تتويج #الدحيل بطلاً لكأس قطر 2023 🏆😍🎥 https://t.co/JpJsLbtv2J#كأس_قطر_2023 pic.twitter.com/REP6dOOgr0— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) April 6, 2023 “It’s a great honour to win the Qatar Cup, shake hand with His Excellency Sheikh Joaan,” the team’s skipper and Qatar national team striker told Al Moeez Ali told The Peninsula Qatar post-match. “We played well throughout the match and we deserved to win. Now we will focus on completing the set of four trophies this season.”The Qatar Cup was the team’s second trophy within a week after Hernan Crespo’s side had just lifted the Ooredoo Cup last Saturday in the tournament that saw Olunga win his club’s second golden boot with a total of 10 goals.#الدحيل || #كأس_قطر_2023 🏆❤️ pic.twitter.com/jsy4nF5Ml4— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) April 6, 2023 The cup win was Al Duhail’s first victory since winning it in 2018 and there is much more promise on what the team can do this season.Al Duhail on top of being the Qatar Stars League log-leaders are also in the quarter finals of the Amir Cup where they are expected to play against Al Sailiya on Monday.Victor Wanyama tells FKF to shape up before he can return to Harambee StarsOlunga wrapped up the cup goal-scoring chart with two goals.
