League

North Petherton Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Abdul Aziz Al Mofede started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Talal Al Harban received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Esam Al Shati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Farnsfield's Esam Al Shati proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Farnsfield from getting a goal against them. Talal Al Harban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esam Al Shati having to interfere. Esam Al Shati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mostafa Al Mahmed in the 10th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Farnsfield's zone, Mostafa Al Mahmed stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Esam Al Shati came out of the goal and Mostafa Al Mahmed tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdul Aziz Al Mofede in the 14th minute of play forced North Petherton United's goalkeeper Khalaf Al Holey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute, Barrak Al Shati hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mostafa Al Mahmed in the 21st minute of play forced Farnsfield's goalkeeper Esam Al Shati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute Mostafa Al Mahmed shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esam Al Shati saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Farnsfield getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Saleh Al Kandere hit a great ball. After 32 played minutes Mostafa Al Mahmed rounded Farnsfield's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Talal Al Harban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mostafa Al Mahmed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Barrak Al Shati hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Mostafa Al Mahmed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd 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.

Mostafa Al Mahmed received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Esam Al Shati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 60 played minutes Farnsfield got a freekick which was hit by Barrak Al Shati. When North Petherton United's Mostafa Al Mahmed in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Farnsfield's goalie prevented a goal. In the 76th minute, Mostafa Al Mahmed left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The North Petherton United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. After a rather tough play, North Petherton United's Meteb Al Hajri got a free kick in the 81st minute. Aadil Al Muwail took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 83rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Khalaf Al Holey. North Petherton United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 84th minute, Esmael Al Azmi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Farnsfield's Saleh Al Kandere got a free kick in the 87th minute. When North Petherton United's Talal Al Harban in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Farnsfield's goalie prevented a goal. Talal Al Harban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esam Al Shati having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. North Petherton United had played much better football throughout.