Al-Sailiya thwarted Al-Duhail's campaign to defend its title when it eliminated it from the quarter-finals of the Emir of Qatar Cup in football, with a penalty shootout 5-4, after a 2-2 draw in regular time.

Al-Sailiya achieved the second surprise in the quarter-finals, after Al-Shahaniya from the second degree, who eliminated Al-Gharafa on Sunday in the same way, so that the team of the new coach, Merghani Al-Zein, replaced the dismissed Tunisian Sami Trabelsi, set a date with Al-Arabi in the semi-finals on April 25.

The match witnessed great excitement in the original time, after Al-Sailiya remained ahead with the goals of Mehrdad Mohammadi from a penalty kick (18) and the Swedish Carlos Strandberg (69) in exchange for a goal by South Korean Nam Tae Hee (31), before Muhammad Muntari snatched the equalizing goal for Al Duhail in the last breath of the match. In injury time (90 + 5), but he did not avoid losing his team after that, by penalty kicks.

The quarter-final round ends on Tuesday with a final confrontation between Al-Sadd and Umm Salal, with the winner meeting Al-Shahaniya in the semi-final.

Al Duhail coach Hernan Crespo justified the loss due to the misfortune of his team.

Crespo said in a press conference, "We faced a lot of difficulties during the first half, especially in the rapid construction operations, and we also suffered in the speed of recovering the ball in the middle of the field."

He added, "But in the second half, we imposed great dominance on the course and wasted a torrent of easy chances due to a lack of concentration in the final touch."

For his part, Al-Zein, Al-Sailiya coach, said, "We played a great match against a strong team, and we were a strong match and we could have settled things in the original time. We will put this victory aside for now in order to focus on the league in light of the complex situation we live in (...) and move away from The last position leading to direct relegation.