Police Club Defeats Sporty in Crown Prince Cup Extra Time

Police Club advances to the second round of the Crown Prince Cup football qualifying playoffs after defeating Sporty 3-1 following extra time yesterday at the Nasser Al-Asimi Stadium. Police Club will face Khaitan in the next playoff round on the 29th at the Abdullah Al-Khalifa Stadium, with the winner advancing directly to the group stage. The group stage will exclude the top four teams from last season’s Zain Premier League—Kuwait, Al-Arabi, Qadsia, and Kazma—which qualified directly for the quarter-finals.

The two teams exchanged chances in the first half, before Police Club opened the scoring from a penalty kick successfully converted by Tunisian player Omar Zakari, who placed the ball to the left of Sporty’s goalkeeper Abdulrahman Al-Talhi (45+1). Just before the end of the first half, Sporty’s player Yousef Al-Muwail missed a golden opportunity to score, as his shot went wide of Police Club’s goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Shamari’s goal (45+4).

In the second half, Police Club attempted to add another goal while Sporty tried to equalize. Police Club came close to scoring when player Khaled Nabil fired a shot that went just wide of the goal (63). Sporty then equalized from a corner kick taken by Omar Al-Mutairi, with Abdulaziz Al-Hajji heading the ball into Police Club’s net (87). The regular time ended with a 1-1 draw, sending both teams into extra time.

Abdulrahman Al-Tararwa scored the second goal for Police Club with a surprise strike (118), and Faiz Al-Dhafiri added the third (120). The match was refereed by Hassan Al-Haddad, who was distinguished by his sound decisions.