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Northleach
Spectators: 9262 (Terracing: 6948, Seating: 2130, VIP seats: 184) Mohammad Taiban made the kick off and thus started the match. Hussain Bo Hamad struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Caco Marques didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hatta Club 1981. After 11 minutes of play, Al-Mnya Northleach's Magnus Egeberg made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Salim Al Mehana was left in no man's land by his defense there! Salim Al Mehana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darweesh Dehrab in the 15th minute of the match. The supporters of Al-Mnya Northleach booed when Hatta Club 1981 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Haitham Al Fadhalah didn't get a good kick on the ball. Salim Al Mehana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Younis Al Homaithe in the 18th minute of the match. Salim Al Mehana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Darweesh Dehrab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Al-Mnya Northleach's Caco Marques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mohammad Taiban in the 23rd minute of play. In the 26th minute Mohammad Taiban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caco Marques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Haitham Al Fadhalah hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. When Hussain Bo Hamad came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Hatta Club 1981 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 Hussain Bo Hamad couldn't finish the play. Caco Marques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohammad Taiban, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Caco Marques took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hussain Bo Hamad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armando Edwardo's late challenge caught a Hatta Club 1981's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Armando Edwardo helped the player get up and apologised. Armando Edwardo hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Hatta Club 1981's Salim Al Mehana proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Hatta Club 1981 from getting a goal against them. In the 46th match minute, Al-Mnya Northleach was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Darweesh Dehrab to maneuver through the defense. After 47 minutes of play, Hatta Club 1981's Mohammad Taiban made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Caco Marques was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Younis Al Homaithe made a kick off. After 55 minutes of play, Hatta Club 1981's Mohammad Taiban made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Caco Marques was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Mohammad Taiban managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hatta Club 1981's supporters rose to their feet, but Mohammad Taiban was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Caco Marques breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sayer Al Jarah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Haitham Al Fadhalah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jarah Al Holey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Caco Marques having to interfere. Salim Al Mehana didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Magnus Egeberg went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 78 minutes into the match, Al-Mnya Northleach's goalkeeper Caco Marques had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Haitham Al Fadhalah. In the 83rd minute Moner Al Besher suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Hatta Club 1981 made a substitution. Shaban Taiban replaced Moner Al Besher. In the 84th minute, Magnus Egeberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Salim Al Mehana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Magnus Egeberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Salim Al Mehana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Magnus Egeberg in the 87th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, Al-Mnya Northleach's goalkeeper Caco Marques had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Haitham Al Fadhalah. In a very dangerous position, a player in Al-Mnya Northleach fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 89th minute. Penalty! Al-Mnya Northleach:s Caco Marques showed great skill when he stopped Sayer Baroun:s penalty. Caco Marques didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sayer Baroun went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jarah Al Holey in the 96th minute of play forced Al-Mnya Northleach's goalkeeper Caco Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hussain Bo Hamad during the 99th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Al-Mnya Northleach booed when Hatta Club 1981 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 99 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hussain Bo Hamad didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hatta Club 1981 played a much better game than Al-Mnya Northleach and deserved their victory. The Al-Mnya Northleach players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.