Friendly League

Atherstone
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Filiberto Figueroa made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Moath Al Ansari sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Moath Al Ansari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filiberto Figueroa was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Moath Al Ansari had several of the Los Potrillos's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 10 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Filiberto Figueroa as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 13th play minute Sami Al Balool came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Filiberto Figueroa. 2-0. Tiburcio Mirande charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tiburcio Mirande the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Eyad Al Rodhan was substituted for Moath Al Ansari. Tiburcio Mirande hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Bader Al Jalahma hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 28 minutes into the game, Abelardo Cloyo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Shaheen Al Ali was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zaher Al Mahmed lost his temper 45 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 45 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for DUBAI Palm Jumeirah! In the 49th minute there was a penalty for Los Potrillos. Abelardo Cloyo stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Shaheen Al Ali. 2-2. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The supporters of Los Potrillos booed when DUBAI Palm Jumeirah was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bader Al Jalahma didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Los Potrillos booed when DUBAI Palm Jumeirah was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Esmael Al Arbash didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abelardo Cloyo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Shaheen Al Ali read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Eyad Al Rodhan managed to get in a good position for a shot. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's supporters rose to their feet, but Eyad Al Rodhan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Filiberto Figueroa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sami Al Balool fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filiberto Figueroa having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Los Potrillos's zone, Eyad Al Rodhan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Filiberto Figueroa came out of the goal and Eyad Al Rodhan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 88th minute, Abelardo Cloyo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Shaheen Al Ali. The goal made the score 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Cloyo in the 97th minute of play forced DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalkeeper Shaheen Al Ali to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 99 minutes, Shaheen Al Ali successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post.