Friendly League

Allianz Parque
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Saif Abo Al Hasan kicked off to start the match. Aqel Al Hindi scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nilton Marinho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 6 played minutes Tiago Gabriel Mendes rounded Golden Tigers's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. After 9 played minutes Mateus de Amaral rounded Golden Tigers's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-1. After 16 minutes, Mateus de Amaral mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Brasil F.C. and the Golden Tigers players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emanuel Pimenta during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tiago Gabriel Mendes kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Golden Tigers's Shaker Hayat got a free kick in the 21st minute. The supporters of Real Brasil F.C. booed when Golden Tigers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mortada Al Khames didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 26th minute Mateus de Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdul Aziz Al Holey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 27th minute of the game. One of Real Brasil F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Golden Tigers:s goal. The referee gave Golden Tigers a penalty, 28 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Shaker Hayat, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Real Brasil F.C.'s Nilton Marinho. 3-2. In the 31st minute, Shaker Hayat left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Golden Tigers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Real Brasil F.C.'s Nilton Marinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Saif Abo Al Hasan in the 37th minute of play. Abdul Aziz Al Holey made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Luís Guilherme Galvão sent off a good shot on target. Nilton Marinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saif Abo Al Hasan in the 43rd minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Luís Guilherme Galvão had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abdul Aziz Al Holey. Golden Tigers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luís Guilherme Galvão was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-3 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tiago Gabriel Mendes was the one to do the kick off. Real Brasil F.C.'s Nilton Marinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shaker Hayat in the 54th minute of play. Saif Abo Al Hasan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nilton Marinho came out and tried to block the shot, but Saif Abo Al Hasan slotted it home off the left post making it 4-4 in the 60th minute. Abdul Aziz Al Holey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiago Gabriel Mendes, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 72nd minute, Tiago Gabriel Mendes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abdul Aziz Al Holey was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-4. With a little luck, Real Brasil F.C.'s Nilton Marinho got control of the ball when Saif Abo Al Hasan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nilton Marinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fawaz Boland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aqel Al Hindi got free with Nilton Marinho in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nilton Marinho made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Saif Abo Al Hasan sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when Real Brasil F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabrício Borges didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92nd minute of the match Shaker Hayat sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nilton Marinho skillfully saved the ball. After 96 played minutes Real Brasil F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Tiago Gabriel Mendes. After 97 played minutes, Golden Tigers's Eesa Al Hashash shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nilton Marinho came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Golden Tigers reached it. 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. Real Brasil F.C. fully deserved thier win.