Real Madrid finally solved the mystery of the Al Kass International Cup final, winning their first tournament title in three trips to the last round, 2-0, over Aspire Academy last night at Aspire Zone. It was a landmark night for football in Qatar a

Mark Tompkins – Al Kass Analyst It was really impressive to watch Aspire Academy come out against Real Madrid today. It was great to see them at the forefront; they had never reached this stage before. Nine blue shirts were constantly up on defen

Mark Tompkins – Al Kass Analyst Eintracht Frankfurt were facing a real uphill climb today, and it was only 25 minutes into the match! It was a fine goal by Aganovic, in the first five minutes. After that goal, there was more response from Eintrach

Red Bull Salzburg swept Eintracht Frankfurt aside in devastating fashion with a four-goal first half blitz that left the young Germans reeling and unable to counter. Based on their opening tournament performances, many seasoned Al Kass watchers had

Kashiwa Reysol once again demonstrated their unmatched powers of recovery to come from behind and beat Paris Saint-Germain by two goals to one in an entertaining fifth place play-off. With both Reysol and PSG providing some of the tournament’s mos

PSV Eindhoven saw off Esperance De Tunis following an entertaining penalty shootout, despite having been second best for much of the 90 minutes. Both PSV and Tunis had fallen short in their first play-off games, losing to Kashiwa Reysol and PSG resp

Mark Tompkins – Al Kass Analyst It was quite a strong breeze blowing on the field today. Espérance managed to get their first ball into the box in the first 10 minutes. It was a slow-motion goal by Oussama Gurbouj; he managed to get the ball acro

For Aspire, it’s Home Sweet Home This is the sixth year the Al Kass International Cup has invaded the pitches at Aspire Academy, and every time a visiting team has raised the championship cup at the end of the tournament. That could all change in

Aspire Academy produced their finest performance in Al Kass’ history to come from behind and defeat Red Bull Salzburg by two goals to one in a dramatic semi-final that lit up the Aspire Zone. Red Bull had deployed Aminu Mohamed, hero of their 3-2