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30-yard Akram Afif thunderbolt not enough for Al-Sadd as Quinones salvages draw for Al-Qadsiah

ALKHOBAR: Everyone watching Saudi Pro League side Al-Qadsiah take on visitors from Qatar Al-Sadd in game three of the AFC Champions League Elite group stage on Monday could surely see it coming. For 75 minutes, Al-Sadd had been laser-focused on one part of the pitch: the left half-space. That is where Akram Afif was waiting, ready to pounce on any — and indeed, almost every — loose ball. Al-Qadsiah faced the first real threat from him as early as the 14th minute when he outran defender Ahmed