Al Rayyan and Al Wakrah players and officials pose for a photograph displaying jerseys with Ousmane Coulibaly's name on them.
Doha: Colombian international James Rodriguez scored a brace as Al Rayyan defeated Al Wakrah 3-0 in the QNB Stars League at the Al Gharafa Stadium yesterday.
The match was restarted from the 42nd minute, with Al Rayyan leading 1-0 when the game was halted on Saturday after Al Wakrah player Ousmane Coulibaly suffered a heart attack.
The Malian defender is stable and recovering in hospital.
Before the kick-off yesterday, the Qatar Stars League as well as players of Al Rayyan and Al Wakrah honoured the medical staff of both teams, Qatar Red Crescent and Hamad Hospital Emergency department for their efforts to rescue Coulibaly.
They also wished the Malian star a speedy recovery.
With this win, Al Rayyan are now seventh with 15, four less than sixth-placed Al Wakrah.
Shojae Khalilzadeh had scored for Al Rayyan in the 19th minute before Coulibaly suffered an heart attack and the match was stopped.
On restart yesterday, Colombian star Rodriguez scored in the 69th and 73rd minutes to hand Al Rayyan their fourth victory of the season.
Al Wakrah tried to equalize in the remaining minutes of first half, in vain. In the second half, Rodriguez put Al Rayyan 2-0 up after following up on Hisham Ali’s shot.
Rodriguez was at it again four minutes later with a superb shot from outside the penalty area that went in to the right of goalkeeper Saoud Al Khater.
Al Wakrah tried to reduce the margin. A header from Mohamed Benyettou rebounded in front of Ismail Mahmoud, who shot it the goal unsuccessfully.
