League

Toumba Stadium
Spectators: 8313 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 2129, VIP seats: 184) Cecilio Martxel was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 6 minutes into the match. The referee gave Hatta a penalty, 8 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Hashem Al Mulaifi, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of PAOK FC's Donato Pellecchia. 0-1. Hatta's Awwad Al Fadhalah got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Moner Al Balool 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. Donato Pellecchia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Szymon Madej in the 16th minute of the match. After 18 minutes of play, Hatta's Awwad Al Fadhalah made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Donato Pellecchia was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Szymon Madej put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Donato Pellecchia. Donato Pellecchia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eyad Sarkhoh went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. PAOK FC's Donato Pellecchia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Meqdad Al Bana in the 31st minute of play. Basem Al Khaled kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Aws Al Sohali kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the PAOK FC defense, Meqdad Al Bana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Donato Pellecchia. The PAOK FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Donato Pellecchia should have stopped the shot. 40 minutes into the match, PAOK FC's goal looked a bit too open when Szymon Madej came free, but Donato Pellecchia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, PAOK FC's goal looked a bit too open when Eyad Sarkhoh came free, but Donato Pellecchia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Szymon Madej to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eyad Sarkhoh in the 55th minute of play forced PAOK FC's goalkeeper Donato Pellecchia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Donato Pellecchia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Awwad Al Fadhalah in the 56th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, PAOK FC's Belal Al Amer got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 61st match minute, Hatta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abbas Al Saffar to maneuver through the defense. Hatta made a substitution. Kamal Al Arbash replaced Eyad Sarkhoh. Abbas Al Saffar hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Szymon Madej could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Donato Pellecchia made a huge save. The supporters of Hatta booed when PAOK FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Basem Al Khaled didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 67th minute of the game, Basem Al Khaled landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Kamal Al Arbash charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kamal Al Arbash the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. PAOK FC made a substitution. Sror Al Jalahma replaced Basem Al Khaled. In the 68th minute, Kamal Al Arbash hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Donato Pellecchia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Szymon Madej, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Donato Pellecchia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hashem Al Mulaifi's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Donato Pellecchia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kamal Al Arbash went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Donato Pellecchia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kamal Al Arbash in the 76th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 0-7 when Szymon Madej sped through PAOK FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Donato Pellecchia. Szymon Madej took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Donato Pellecchia. Donato Pellecchia dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. PAOK FC's Donato Pellecchia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save PAOK FC from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 91 minutes, Donato Pellecchia successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some careless play in the PAOK FC defense, Szymon Madej kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Donato Pellecchia. The PAOK FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Donato Pellecchia should have stopped the shot. Hatta's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.