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Atherstone
Spectators: 9429 (Terracing: 7050, Seating: 2162, VIP seats: 217) In the 5th minute of the match DUBAI Palm Jumeirah got a corner. Alwahda FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kuzey Sebat ran over to the corner to take the kick. Kuzey Sebat made a great header on DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's corner, it was just that Alwahda FC's Patryk Owsiak managed to reach the ball for a save. Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Patryk Owsiak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Berker Sani went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alwahda FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kuzey Sebat was slow to take the kick. During this time DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's players had a chance to rest. Donato Christobal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Patryk Owsiak made a huge save. In the 19th minute Berker Sani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patryk Owsiak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute Berker Sani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patryk Owsiak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute Berker Sani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patryk Owsiak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ben Carlisle in the 23rd minute of play forced Alwahda FC's goalkeeper Patryk Owsiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patryk Owsiak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ben Carlisle in the 24th minute of play. Jalal Al Rodhan scored 1-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aguirre Verde, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 32 minutes, Farooq Al Abdullah mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alwahda FC and the DUBAI Palm Jumeirah players grew even worse after the yellow card. Farooq Al Abdullah kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Patryk Owsiak made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Hamzah Khorshed's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aguirre Verde was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Patryk Owsiak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berker Sani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd match minute, Alwahda FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faisal Taqi to maneuver through the defense. 45 minutes into the match, Alwahda FC's goalkeeper Patryk Owsiak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco. The supporters of DUBAI Palm Jumeirah booed when Alwahda FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jalal Al Rodhan didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half Alwahda FC were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Berker Sani to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Mazen Al Mahmed hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco in the 56th minute of play forced Alwahda FC's goalkeeper Patryk Owsiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute DUBAI Palm Jumeirah were awarded a corner. Kuzey Sebat went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Kuzey Sebat almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alwahda FC's Patryk Owsiak did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Christobal in the 59th minute of play forced Alwahda FC's goalkeeper Patryk Owsiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Donato Christobal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 68 minutes into the match, Berker Sani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Patryk Owsiak. Alwahda FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Berker Sani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Patryk Owsiak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berker Sani in the 83rd minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, Alwahda FC's goal looked a bit too open when Donato Christobal came free, but Patryk Owsiak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 90 minutes of play, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patryk Owsiak was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match clock showed 93 minutes, the score became 4-2 when Berker Sani sped through Alwahda FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Patryk Owsiak.