Friendly League

Sharks Nest Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dida Arósio took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes, Hussain Al Homaithe mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fan Cup FC - ⓈⒶⒻⒻ and the 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 4 played minutes Fan Cup FC - ⓈⒶⒻⒻ got a freekick which was hit by Hussain Al Homaithe. In the 7th minute, Matías Hermes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Meshal Al Sayer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rogério Vander in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute, 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚's Rogério Vander ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Meshal Al Sayer. Meshal Al Sayer yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Rogério Vander charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rogério Vander the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚's Rogério Vander got a free kick in the 18th minute. Meshal Al Sayer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dida Arósio in the 20th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Fan Cup FC - ⓈⒶⒻⒻ's goalkeeper Meshal Al Sayer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rogério Vander. In the 28th minute, Nizar Al Mosawe got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Rogério Vander could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Meshal Al Sayer made a huge save. A collision led to Fan Cup FC - ⓈⒶⒻⒻ getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Shehab Abol hit a great ball. Thomás Arantes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abbas Ashkanani, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Abbas Ashkanani made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Amauri Veloso managed to get in a good position for a shot. 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚's supporters rose to their feet, but Amauri Veloso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Meshal Al Sayer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sobah Al Mulaifi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomás Arantes having to interfere. The referee felt a red card was in order, 64 minutes into the game, when Filipe Pitta put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 63rd minute. Penalty! Thomás Arantes was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sobah Al Mulaifi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 75 minute of play. In the 79th minute, Hani Al Mothaf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 85 minutes into the match, 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚's goalkeeper Thomás Arantes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abbas Ashkanani. 87 minutes into the match, Rogério Vander had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Meshal Al Sayer. Fan Cup FC - ⓈⒶⒻⒻ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rogério Vander was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 91 minutes into the match, 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚's goalkeeper Thomás Arantes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abbas Ashkanani. There was no doubt that 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚 were the better team. 丅卂从卂-乇リ 下.匚's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.