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Gulf Heroes T.N.A
Spectators: 9400 (Terracing: 7050, Seating: 2162, VIP seats: 188) Yazeed Hayat hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 10th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cesar Galoer. Gulf Heroes T.N.A's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 10 minutes, Basem Al Hashash mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gulf Heroes T.N.A and the DUBAI Palm Jumeirah players grew even worse after the yellow card. Basem Al Hashash hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Cesar Galoer stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 13th minute. It was a well-played corner which Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When the match clock showed 18 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco sped through Gulf Heroes T.N.A's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cesar Galoer. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Gulf Heroes T.N.A's goalkeeper Cesar Galoer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cesar Galoer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 22nd minute of play. When DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gulf Heroes T.N.A's goalie prevented a goal. Cesar Galoer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco scored 0-2 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cesar Galoer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cesar Galoer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 32nd minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, Gulf Heroes T.N.A's goal looked a bit too open when Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco came free, but Cesar Galoer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute, Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DUBAI Palm Jumeirah fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cesar Galoer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 45th minute Berker Sani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cesar Galoer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

51 minutes into the match, Berker Sani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cesar Galoer. Gulf Heroes T.N.A's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Berker Sani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 53rd minute of play forced Gulf Heroes T.N.A's goalkeeper Cesar Galoer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Cesar Galoer. If Basem Al Hashash had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The DUBAI Palm Jumeirah fans' excitement grew in the 62nd match minute when DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-8 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco put it in 0-9 from a short distance just to the right of Cesar Galoer. In the 69th minute, Ben Carlisle made a precise shot to the right of Cesar Galoer. Gulf Heroes T.N.A's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-10. Cesar Galoer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cesar Galoer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 73rd minute of play. Gulf Heroes T.N.A's Cesar Galoer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Gulf Heroes T.N.A from getting a goal against them. Gulf Heroes T.N.A's Cesar Galoer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Gulf Heroes T.N.A from getting a goal against them. With his leg Cesar Galoer managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Teofilo Gutierrez-Pachecos short, quick shot in the 78thth minute got Cesar Galoer to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cesar Galoer saved Gulf Heroes T.N.A from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco got free with Cesar Galoer in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cesar Galoer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-12 was the resulting score. Ben Carlisle's late challenge caught a Gulf Heroes T.N.A's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ben Carlisle helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Gulf Heroes T.N.A booed when DUBAI Palm Jumeirah was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ben Carlisle didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Gulf Heroes T.N.A fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah were clearly better and deserved to take the win.