League Play-Off

Jumeira Bch Hotel
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Marzoq Al Mulaifi made the kick off and thus started the match. If Ebrahem Al Naqi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Marzoq Al Mulaifi came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Real Betis 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 Marzoq Al Mulaifi couldn't finish the play. In the 12th minute, one of Real Betis: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 Real Betis. If Hamzah Al Mothaf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aadil Al Hadhod showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marzoq Al Mulaifi in the 23rd minute of the match. After 24 minutes of play, Real Betis's Marzoq Al Mulaifi made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aadil Al Hadhod was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Burj Khalifa Utd defense, Ebrahem Al Naqi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aadil Al Hadhod. The Burj Khalifa Utd fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aadil Al Hadhod should have stopped the shot. 40 minutes into the match, Burj Khalifa Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Ebrahem Al Naqi came free, but Aadil Al Hadhod reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Ebrahem Al Naqi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aadil Al Hadhod. Burj Khalifa Utd's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ebrahem Al Naqi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Ebrahem Al Naqi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half Real Betis were leading 2-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

62 minutes into the match, Ebrahem Al Naqi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aadil Al Hadhod. Burj Khalifa Utd's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ebrahem Al Naqi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. Ahmad Al Hindi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Talal Al Abdullah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute, Ebrahem Al Naqi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Ebrahem Al Naqi came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Real Betis 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 Ebrahem Al Naqi couldn't finish the play. 78 minutes into the match, Real Betis's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmad Al Hindi came free, but Talal Al Abdullah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ebrahem Al Naqi's late challenge caught a Burj Khalifa Utd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ebrahem Al Naqi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Burj Khalifa Utd booed when Real Betis was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ebrahem Al Naqi didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Ahmad Al Hindi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Burj Khalifa Utd's supporters rose to their feet, but Ahmad Al Hindi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Talal Al Abdullah breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpected shot in the 82nd minute by Ebrahem Al Naqi got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 91st minute Marzoq Al Mulaifi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aadil Al Hadhod saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 93 minutes of play, Burj Khalifa Utd's Hamzah Al Mothaf made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Talal Al Abdullah was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the final whistle sounded Real Betis left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Burj Khalifa Utd.