Friendly League

Estadio Hualcumbo
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abdul Jabbar Abdul Tawwab took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nour Thawban made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Urquioja in the 4th minute of play. A collision led to Hook getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Amin Ayham hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Hook's Samir Qudamah got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 15th minute, Safa Imam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vera Griego recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yamen Abou Jisser in the 22nd minute of play forced Hualcumbo FC's goalkeeper Estacio Ribacoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Hualcumbo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Younis Sabeeh came free, but Estacio Ribacoba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nour Thawban made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carnero Urbistondo in the 26th minute. After 28 minutes of play, Hualcumbo FC's Carnero Urbistondo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nour Thawban was left in no man's land by his defense there! 32 minutes into the match, Hualcumbo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Abdul Jabbar Abdul Tawwab came free, but Estacio Ribacoba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th match minute, Hualcumbo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcos Urquioja to maneuver through the defense. Yamen Abou Jisser received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Estacio Ribacoba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Hook's Samir Qudamah got a free kick in the 41st minute. Nour Thawban made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Carnero Urbistondo sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Hualcumbo FC getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Victorino Sastrias hit a great ball. 48 minutes into the match, Younis Sabeeh had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Estacio Ribacoba. Hualcumbo FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Younis Sabeeh was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Walter Via made the kick off in the second half. Marcos Urquioja hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Abdul Jabbar Abdul Tawwab's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Estacio Ribacoba was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Younis Sabeeh got free with Estacio Ribacoba in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abdul Jabbar Abdul Tawwab's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 66thth minute, Estacio Ribacoba skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hualcumbo FC's Estacio Ribacoba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdul Jabbar Abdul Tawwab in the 68th minute of play. Hook were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after Hualcumbo FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Abdul Jabbar Abdul Tawwab took the corner. The supporters of Hualcumbo FC booed when Hook was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amin Ayham didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Marcos Urquioja came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Hualcumbo FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Marcos Urquioja couldn't finish the play. Nour Thawban made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Via in the 75th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Zakariya Abdul Nasser notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Hualcumbo FC's Estacio Ribacoba. Estacio Ribacoba was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Younis Sabeeh could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Estacio Ribacoba made a huge save. After 85 played minutes Hook got a freekick which was hit by Rami Muzaffar. Ramez Rajab kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. In the 88th minute of the match Hualcumbo FC got a corner. Hook's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Vincente Biñayo ran over to the corner to take the kick.