Qatar SC scored an exciting 3-1 win over Al Wakrah in Round 1, Group A of 2022-2023 season Ooredoo Cup at the Al Ahli Stadium on Monday.

Underlining their prowess, Qatar SC gained three points from the positive result with the goals scored by Javier Martinez (25th minute), Sebastian Soria (38th minute) and Matheus Dos Santos (90th minute).

For Al Wakrah, the consolation goal came via a penalty kick converted by Ismail Mahmoud in the 75th minute.

Al Sadd, Al Ahli, Umm Salal and Al Sailiya are the other teams in Group A.

Playing attacking and with cohesiveness, Qatar SC held an upper hand right from the start except for a few of Al Wakrah’s moves - including a close one where the ball flew just over the bar with the strike being made by Abdulghani Munir.

While luck eluded Al Wakrah, their rivals attacked from both flanks and succeeded twice from superb corner kicks. The first was headed in by Martinez, who judged and jumped perfectly to lob the ball into the top left corner of the net.

The second seemed like a repeat act, but this time Soria was well positioned to seize the chance and his header went in despite goalkeeper Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim punching the ball with his right hand.

The twin-blow was hot to handle, but Al Wakrah did make big efforts to bounce back. They won a penalty and pulled one back, but could not manage to get an equalizer.

Towards the end, Dos Santos scored the third goal for the winners after initiating the move himself. He passed the ball, ran into the ‘D” and was given a cross by substitute Yousef Mohammed Ali to do the rest.