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North Petherton Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Saed Taqi made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, North Petherton United's Mostafa Al Mahmed got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Desert Sand AFC's Younis Al Naqi pulled a muscle in his leg after 8 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 8 minutes into the game, Esmael Al Azmi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. North Petherton United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Desert Sand AFC the free kick. After 9 played minutes North Petherton United got a freekick which was hit by Esmael Al Azmi. Talal Al Harban took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Darweesh Al Abdullah. Darweesh Al Abdullah dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 27th minute, Talal Al Harban 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. A hard shot 28 in the game by Talal Al Harban from a close distance when the talented Darweesh Al Abdullah managed to make a qualified save. Desert Sand AFC's players were relieved. Talal Al Harban fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darweesh Al Abdullah having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Mostafa Al Mahmed's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Darweesh Al Abdullah was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Saed Taqi kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. If Mostafa Al Mahmed had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mostafa Al Mahmed fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 49th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darweesh Al Abdullah having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mostafa Al Mahmed stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Desert Sand AFC booed when North Petherton United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Motlaq Al Ajmi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Talal Al Harban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th 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 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Talal Al Harban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Darweesh Al Abdullah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mostafa Al Mahmed, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Darweesh Al Abdullah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mostafa Al Mahmed's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. After 69 minutes, Hamzah Boland mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Desert Sand AFC and the North Petherton United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 69th minute, Hamzah Boland hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Talal Al Harban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Falah Bo Abbas got free with Khalaf Al Holey in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Talal Al Harban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 84th match minute, Desert Sand AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Basem Al Adsani to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 87 minutes, Talal Al Harban managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. North Petherton United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Talal Al Harban was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 88 minutes, Mostafa Al Mahmed managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. North Petherton United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mostafa Al Mahmed was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Darweesh Al Abdullah didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Talal Al Harban went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After 96 minutes of play, North Petherton United's Mostafa Al Mahmed made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Darweesh Al Abdullah was left in no man's land by his defense there! North Petherton United'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.