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Match Report
Crediton
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Shjae Al Fadhalah started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Crediton defense, Hani Al Abdullah kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mostafa Al Abdullah. The Crediton fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mostafa Al Abdullah should have stopped the shot. Aadil Bo Hamad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Shabeb Al Rodhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 18 minutes, Sharf Al Jalahma mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crediton and the Reach players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Crediton getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Sharf Al Jalahma hit a great ball. In the 19th minute, Jalal Al Zamel 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. Meteb Al Muwail hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Shabeb Al Rodhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sarhan Al Khobaize, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Sarhan Al Khobaize received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Shabeb Al Rodhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Sarhan Al Khobaize had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Shabeb Al Rodhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sarhan Al Khobaize in the 34th minute of play. Mostafa Al Abdullah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shjae Al Fadhalah in the 43rd minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sarhan Al Khobaize stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Reach's zone, Sarhan Al Khobaize stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Shabeb Al Rodhan came out of the goal and Sarhan Al Khobaize tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 55thth minute of the game Aadil Bo Hamad who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Reach's Shabeb Al Rodhan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 56th minute, Aadil Bo Hamad ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Shabeb Al Rodhan was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Mostafa Al Abdullah made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hani Al Abdullah in the 60th minute. Mostafa Al Abdullah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shjae Al Fadhalah, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Hani Al Abdullah came free with the goalkeeper in the 65th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Mostafa Al Abdullah could save by the left post. Shabeb Al Rodhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sarhan Al Khobaize, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Shjae Al Fadhalah in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mostafa Al Abdullah saved Crediton from getting behind. Hani Al Abdullah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Mostafa Al Abdullah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 85 minutes of play, Crediton's Sarhan Al Khobaize made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Shabeb Al Rodhan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sarhan Al Khobaize fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shabeb Al Rodhan having to interfere. Shjae Al Fadhalah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mostafa Al Abdullah having to interfere.
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