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<p>Al Gharafa's Dutch star emerged as the top scorer at a Friendly Tournament in Oman where the Qatari club has concluded a pre-season training camp.<br> </p><p>QNB Stars League title hopefuls Al Gharafa reached the final of the Friendly Tournament as Sneijder scored three goals in two matches.</p><p>On Wednesday, Al Gharafa lost to Tunisia's CS Sfaxien 3-1 in the final after crushing Oman's Al Nasr in the event's opening game. <br> </p><p>It was a positive outing for Al Gharafa against one of the top African teams.<br> </p><p>Egypt's FC Ismaily was the fourth team in the tournament where Al Gharafa took part to test its match fitness ahead of the start of the new QNB Stars League season.<br> </p><p>On Wednesday, Al Gharafa's only goal was scored by Sneijder in the 65th minute. Sneijder was also on target for Al Gharafa in their opening match when he managed a brace.</p><p> </p><p>The Dutchman was crowned as the Tournament's Top Scorer with three strikes.</p><p> </p><p>Al Gharafa started the match with Qassem Burhan, Osman El-Elihri, El-Mahdi Ali, Diego Amado, Youssef Muftah, Amr Sirag, Abdel-Aziz Hatem, Khaled Abdel Rauf, Wesley Sneijder, Ahmed Ala and Mehdi Tarmi.</p><p> </p><p>French coach Christian Gourcuff rested Vladimir Weiss, Youssef Hassan and Saeed Al Haj due to slight niggles. <br> </p><p>In the first half, Al Gharafa produced a number of attacks and came close to scoring also. Al Gharafa's best chance at scoring was in the 41st minute Mahdi Tarmi missed an easy chance.</p><p> </p><p>In the second half, the Al Gharafa coach made several changes as he played Monkaz Uday, Mohammed Ismail and Tamim Muhaysa instead of Amr Abdul Siraj, Mahdi Ali and Ahmad Ola.<br> </p><p>After numerous attacking moves, Sneijder produced his third goal of the tournament in the second half.</p><p> </p><p>Al Gharafa will return to Doha on Thursday and resume their preparations for the new season. </p>