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ARENA CRYSTAL
Spectators: 9208 (Terracing: 6500, Seating: 2492, VIP seats: 216) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Falah Al Qattan took the kick off in the first half of the match. Fabian Kosiorek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sobah Al Asuosi in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sobah Al Asuosi in the 5th minute of play forced FC CRYSTAL ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ's goalkeeper Fabian Kosiorek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabian Kosiorek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Falah Al Qattan in the 6th minute of the match. Steeple Claydon City's Mosalam Al Srae played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olle Kvalfält in the 11th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Lucas Magee hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabian Kosiorek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Falah Al Qattan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute Olle Kvalfält shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mosalam Al Srae saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 25 minutes, Hussain Al Khars made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. FC CRYSTAL ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ's Fabian Kosiorek tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Mosalam Al Srae showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olle Kvalfält, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Fabian Kosiorek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hussain Al Khars in the 34th minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Olle Kvalfält hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45th minute, Ammar Al Sharah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tao Ke Zhi was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 46th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 52nd minute, Lucas Magee 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. Mosalam Al Srae came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by FC CRYSTAL ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ's Lucas Magee. But to his dismay, Lucas Magee quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. The referee felt a red card was in order, 57 minutes into the game, when Sanad Bo Shehri put in a rough tackle. The referee gave FC CRYSTAL ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ a penalty, 58 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jacinto Hermida, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Steeple Claydon City's Mosalam Al Srae. 2-1. In the 63rd match minute, Steeple Claydon City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nasser Taqi to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Steeple Claydon City booed when FC CRYSTAL ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Phoenix Phoenix didn't get a good kick on the ball. Steeple Claydon City's Hussain Al Khars has a good shot, but didn't show it this time. The shot went over the crossbar in the 75th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jacinto Hermida in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mosalam Al Srae saved Steeple Claydon City from getting behind. Ammar Al Sharah hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Tao Ke Zhi, 94 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The FC CRYSTAL ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.