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Spectators: 10302 (Terracing: 7727, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sulaiman Al Enzi made the kick off which started today's match. After 6 minutes, Naji Al Zamel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the United Arab Emirates and the Saudi Arabia players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Saudi Arabia booed when United Arab Emirates was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Naji Al Zamel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hussain Al Amer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sulaiman Al Enzi in the 7th minute of the match. After 10 minutes, Sulaiman Al Enzi made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. United Arab Emirates's Hussain Al Amer tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Zaher Al Khobaize could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Sanad Bahbhani made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Sulaiman Al Enzi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hussain Al Amer was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. 23 minutes into the game, Sulaiman Al Enzi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Hussain Al Amer was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hussain Al Amer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sulaiman Al Enzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdulatif Al Mehana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Sulaiman Al Enzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Abdulatif Al Mehana's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hussain Al Amer was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 36th minute of the match Majed Al Khobaize shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sanad Bahbhani showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Fadhel Al Qattamy kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Hussain Al Amer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sulaiman Al Enzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sanad Bahbhani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Majed Al Khobaize went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Majed Al Khobaize to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sulaiman Al Enzi in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hussain Al Amer saved United Arab Emirates from getting behind. The supporters of United Arab Emirates booed when Saudi Arabia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aadil Dehrab didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sulaiman Al Enzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Hussain Al Amer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. United Arab Emirates's Majed Al Khobaize got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 68 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Abdulatif Al Mehana sped through United Arab Emirates's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hussain Al Amer. Hussain Al Amer made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Bandar Bahroh sent off a good shot on target. Sanad Bahbhani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naji Al Bana in the 76th minute of play. When Abdulatif Al Mehana came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Saudi Arabia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abdulatif Al Mehana couldn't finish the play. A hard shot 83 in the game by Abdulatif Al Mehana from a close distance when the talented Hussain Al Amer managed to make a qualified save. United Arab Emirates's players were relieved. United Arab Emirates's Hussain Al Amer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save United Arab Emirates from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaher Al Khobaize in the 91st minute of play forced Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Sanad Bahbhani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Sameer Al Holey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Saudi Arabia's Sameer Al Holey got a free kick in the 95th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Saudi Arabia walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.