Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Taqi Taqi got the match started through his kick off. Pankracy Naskrent hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Taqi Taqi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Sten Thedin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zaher Baroun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximino Mario in the 10th minute of play. Zaher Baroun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximino Mario, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Taqi Taqi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bird FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 29th minute, Khalefa Abo Al Hasan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Maximino Mario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A sloppy throw-in by Wojciech Cipinski in the 33rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Saudi Arabia's Ali Bo Shehri. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bird FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Edrees Al Youha was slow to take the kick. During this time Saudi Arabia's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Saudi Arabia's corner Edrees Al Youha fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sten Thedin quite easily take care of the ball. Zaher Baroun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mel Chung in the 40th minute of play. When Taqi Taqi came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Bird FC 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 Taqi Taqi couldn't finish the play. Zaher Baroun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Taqi Taqi's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. Maximino Mario fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zaher Baroun having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Taqi Taqi made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Mel Chung hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bird FC's Mel Chung pulled a muscle in his leg after 54 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jarah Al Ammar during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 55 played minutes Saudi Arabia got a freekick which was hit by Jarah Al Ammar. 61 minutes into the match, Bird FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rashed Al Hadhod came free, but Sten Thedin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maximino Mario got free with Zaher Baroun in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 64th minute, Szymon Zacharek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zaher Baroun was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Szymon Zacharek got free with Zaher Baroun in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 79th minute, Taqi Taqi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute, Taqi Taqi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Taqi Taqi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sten Thedin having to interfere. If Rajab Al Sohali had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zaher Baroun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maximino Mario in the 87th minute. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Maximino Mario took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Zaher Baroun to make any attempt to save it. 91 minutes into the match, Bird FC's goal looked a bit too open when Taqi Taqi came free, but Sten Thedin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. From close distance Maximino Mario pressed in the 0-4 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 94 minutes into the game. When the final whistle sounded Bird FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Saudi Arabia.