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COBRA Arena
Spectators: 7600 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Motlaq Al Hammady got the match started through his kick off. Aesem Al Arbash showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Motlaq Al Hammady, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. With his leg Aesem Al Arbash managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when COBRA FC ™'s Motlaq Al Hammady fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to COBRA FC ™ getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Marzoq Al Naqi hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Business Bay's Khalaf Al Attar tried to score from far away in the 10th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as COBRA FC ™'s Motlaq Al Hammady slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Aesem Al Arbash. That made the score 1-0 after 13 minutes of play. 17 minutes into the match, Business Bay's goal looked a bit too open when Abdullah Al Hajri came free, but Aesem Al Arbash reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abdullah Boften's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aesem Al Arbash read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Motlaq Al Hammady in the 19thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aesem Al Arbash, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Motlaq Al Hammady in the 21stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aesem Al Arbash, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With his leg Aesem Al Arbash managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when COBRA FC ™'s Motlaq Al Hammady fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Aesem Al Arbash showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Motlaq Al Hammady in the 23rd minute of the match. Aesem Al Arbash took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Motlaq Al Hammady, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdullah Al Hajri in the 25th minute of play forced Business Bay's goalkeeper Aesem Al Arbash to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qutada Al Rifaee's late challenge caught a COBRA FC ™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Qutada Al Rifaee helped the player get up and apologised. COBRA FC ™'s Motlaq Al Hammady got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 36th minute, COBRA FC ™'s Abdullah Al Hajri dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. After 39 minutes of play, Business Bay's 李钢军 made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luai Bo Abbas was left in no man's land by his defense there! 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 李钢军 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Motlaq Al Hammady scored 3-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aesem Al Arbash, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 55th minute, Motlaq Al Hammady 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. After a rather tough play, Business Bay's Luai Shalan got a free kick in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Motlaq Al Hammady in the 58th minute of play forced Business Bay's goalkeeper Aesem Al Arbash to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 武朋雄 hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Abdullah Al Hajri blasted a shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aesem Al Arbash having to make a save. Business Bay's Aesem Al Arbash played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Motlaq Al Hammady in the 66th minute of play. Motlaq Al Hammady took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aesem Al Arbash. Aesem Al Arbash dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Business Bay's Aesem Al Arbash played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdullah Al Hajri in the 83rd minute of play. Luai Shalan kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. If Motlaq Al Hammady had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Khaled Al Wazan didn't quite understand what happened when in the 88 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. COBRA FC ™'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.