Friendly League

Hook Stadium
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Shaker Al Ajmi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Angelo Marsilio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dhari Al Sherazi in the 3rd minute. Redchiaps FC's Angelo Marsilio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Redchiaps FC from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Shaker Al Ajmi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Angelo Marsilio. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. In the 15th minute, Francesco Ceccarelli made a precise shot to the right of Abdelnaser Al Motaire. Hook City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Angelo Marsilio was out of position in the 22 minute of play, and Shaker Al Ajmi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Shaker Al Ajmi really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. 25 minutes into the match, Redchiaps FC's goal looked a bit too open when Shaker Al Ajmi came free, but Angelo Marsilio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Angelo Marsilio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shaker Al Ajmi, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Abdelnaser Al Motaire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francesco Ceccarelli in the 28th minute of play. Ayman Al Sarraf kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Shaker Al Ajmi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hook City's attentive Ayman Al Sarraf managed to snatch the ball when Dennis Bruno made a throw-in in the 40th minute of the game. 42 minutes into the match, Hook City's goal looked a bit too open when Francesco Ceccarelli came free, but Abdelnaser Al Motaire reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute, one of Redchiaps FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Redchiaps FC. When the match had been going on for 44 minutes, Hook City's Shaker Al Ajmi got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Angelo Marsilio. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Francesco Ceccarelli made a kick off. Hook City's Sanad Shams got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sanad Shams in the 52nd minute of play forced Redchiaps FC's goalkeeper Angelo Marsilio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Angelo Marsilio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sanad Shams in the 55th minute of play. After some careless play in the Hook City defense, Francesco Ceccarelli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abdelnaser Al Motaire. The Hook City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abdelnaser Al Motaire should have stopped the shot. Biagio Cirulli charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Biagio Cirulli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Biagio Cirulli kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. After 63 played minutes, Hook City's Yazeed Al Hindi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Angelo Marsilio 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 Hook City reached it. In the 68th match minute, Redchiaps FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felice Doris to maneuver through the defense. Angelo Marsilio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shaker Al Ajmi in the 69th minute of the match. Hook City's Abdelnaser Al Motaire proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Hook City from getting a goal against them. Dhari Al Sherazi took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Angelo Marsilio. Angelo Marsilio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 78th minute of the game. One of Redchiaps FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Hook City:s goal. 87 minutes into the game, Hook City's Baqer Al Najdi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Angelo Marsilio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-2. When Yazeed Al Hindi fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hook City's protests and gave Yazeed Al Hindi a yellow card for diving instead. Yazeed Al Hindi kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 95th minute Dhari Al Sherazi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Marsilio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hook City were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Redchiaps FC for a fine match.