Challenge

The Mount Penuel
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Penuel Football Club's Rai Dorrial started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The crowd rose to their feet as Penuel Football Club's Nunez Musko slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hamzah Taqi. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. Hamzah Taqi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nunez Musko, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Nunez Musko took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hamzah Taqi. Hamzah Taqi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Hamzah Taqi made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Nunez Musko sent off a good shot on target. 18 minutes into the match, Nunez Musko dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Hamzah Taqi, 3-0. In the 21st minute, Nunez Musko reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hamzah Taqi. The goal made the score 4-0. Mosa Al Sallal kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nunez Musko got free with Hamzah Taqi in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Epifanio Gabrio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Habib Al Youha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the game, Mitxaut Resco threw the ball into play from the sideline. Kuwait's Rashed Al Shemali quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Epifanio Gabrio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Habib Al Youha's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. After having played for 32 minutes, Mitxaut Resco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Penuel Football Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mitxaut Resco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 38thth minute of the game Nunez Musko who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kuwait's Hamzah Taqi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kuwait's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mederi Tesillo was slow to take the kick. During this time Penuel Football Club's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Mederi Tesillo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hamzah Taqi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 5-0 became the score in the 41st minute when Nunez Musko elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Nunez Musko's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Hamzah Taqi firmly grabbed it by the left post. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Habib Al Youha made a kick off. Mosa Al Sallal hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. 57 minutes into the match, Kuwait's goal looked a bit too open when Nunez Musko came free, but Hamzah Taqi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Penuel Football Club made a substitution. Chen Shi Ran replaced Nunez Musko. Penuel Football Club made a substitution. Emanuele Passalacqua replaced Mitxaut Resco. Hamzah Taqi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chen Shi Ran in the 68th minute of play. Hamzah Taqi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chen Shi Ran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hamzah Taqi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuele Passalacqua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuele Passalacqua in the 72nd minute of play forced Kuwait's goalkeeper Hamzah Taqi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75 minutes, Rashed Al Shemali mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kuwait and the Penuel Football Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hamzah Taqi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuele Passalacqua in the 77th minute of play. Kuwait's Hamzah Taqi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chen Shi Ran in the 87th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Yu Jing Kun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hamzah Taqi. Kuwait's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yu Jing Kun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. After some careless play in the Kuwait defense, Yu Jing Kun kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hamzah Taqi. The Kuwait fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hamzah Taqi should have stopped the shot. In the 98thth minute of the game Chen Shi Ran who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kuwait's Hamzah Taqi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Penuel Football Club fully deserved thier win.