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Doha: Saoud Al Nasr scored a hat-trick as Al Wakrah defeated Umm Salal 5-0 in their Ooredoo Cup Round 1 (Group A) match played at Al Khor Stadium yesterday.
Mohamed Benyettou scored two goals.
Saoud scored in the 16th, 34th and 48th minutes, while Benyettou netted his goals in the second and 54th minutes.
Al Wakrah dominated Umm Salal right throughout to get their campaign off to a great start.
Al Wakrah made their intentions clear as they took the lead through Benyettou, their top scorer last season, even before their rivals settled down. The Algerian striker latched on to a long lob from deep in their own half and sent in an opportunistic shot into the net past Umm Salal goalkeeper Mohammed Muntazar.
Saoud then scored twice as the first half ended 3-0 in favour of Marquez's men.
Al Wakrah continued from where they left off and Benyettou and Saoud each added one more goal to the tally in the second half to cruise to an easy win.
Al Ahli and Al Shamal shared points following a 2-2 draw at the Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium in the day's second match.
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