League

UAE Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fakher Sarkhoh took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nader Al Herz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fakher Sarkhoh, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After 5 played minutes Al-Jazira Sporting Club got a freekick which was hit by Bandar Al Hajri. Alexandros Karterouliotis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fawzy Al Sharah, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 9th minute of the match, Jamal Sarkhoh got a very nice opportunity to score, but Alexandros Karterouliotis was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Fawzy Al Sharah succeeded in the game's 25th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Taqi Al Mansor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nader Al Herz having to interfere. Jamal Sarkhoh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fawzy Al Sharah stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpected shot in the 54th minute by Hussain Bo Qamaz got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 56 minutes into the match, Taqi Al Mansor notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Al Jazira Club - UAE's Nader Al Herz. Nader Al Herz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Al-Jazira Sporting Club's Fakher Sarkhoh was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 61st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After a rather tough play, Al-Jazira Sporting Club's Jawad Bo Abbas got a free kick in the 67th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Mahmoud Al Ammar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Al Jazira Club - UAE's supporters rose to their feet, but Mahmoud Al Ammar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexandros Karterouliotis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fakher Sarkhoh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nader Al Herz having to interfere. Fakher Sarkhoh kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Al-Jazira Sporting Club defense, Jamal Sarkhoh kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alexandros Karterouliotis. The Al-Jazira Sporting Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alexandros Karterouliotis should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Al Jazira Club - UAE players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.