Northleach
Spectators: 9192 (Terracing: 6895,
Seating: 2114, VIP seats: 183) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ali Al Sohali got the match started through his kick off. After 2 played minutes Dubai CSC got a freekick which was hit by Jassem Al Fadhalah. In the 4th minute, Magnus Egeberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Al-Mnya Northleach's Msaed Shrean played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Al Sohali in the 6th minute of play. After 9 minutes of play, Dubai CSC's Ali Al Sohali made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Msaed Shrean was left in no man's land by his defense there! 14 minutes into the game, Faisal Al Wazan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Al-Mnya Northleach's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dubai CSC the free kick. In the 14th match minute, Al-Mnya Northleach was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faisal Al Wazan to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th minute, Jassem Al Fadhalah made a precise shot to the right of Msaed Shrean. Al-Mnya Northleach's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Anwar Al Attar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Abdulatif Al Herz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Msaed Shrean tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, Dubai CSC's Ali Al Sohali sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Msaed Shrean narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Anwar Al Attar scored 0-3 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Msaed Shrean, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marzoq Al Sharaf kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Msaed Shrean didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ali Al Sohali went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Anwar Al Attar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Msaed Shrean tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Al-Mnya Northleach's Msaed Shrean played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Al Sohali in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Al Sohali in the 44th minute of play forced Al-Mnya Northleach's goalkeeper Msaed Shrean to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Al-Mnya Northleach's goal looked a bit too open when Jassem Al Fadhalah came free, but Msaed Shrean reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Al-Mnya Northleach booed when Dubai CSC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sayed Al Shaikh didn't get a good kick on the ball.
The wind increased when Younis Al Homaithe made the kick off in the second half. When Anwar Al Attar came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Dubai CSC 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 Anwar Al Attar couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, Al-Mnya Northleach's Msaed Shrean got control of the ball when Ali Al Sohali tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Abdulatif Al Herz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ali Al Sohali received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Msaed Shrean tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Al-Mnya Northleach defense, Ali Al Sohali kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Msaed Shrean. The Al-Mnya Northleach fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Msaed Shrean should have stopped the shot. Al-Mnya Northleach's defense didn't have a chance, in the 72nd minute, when Ali Al Sohali scored to the left of an out of position Msaed Shrean, making the score, 0-7. Jassem Al Fadhalah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Msaed Shrean showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdulatif Al Herz in the 78th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Al Sohali in the 83rd minute of play forced Al-Mnya Northleach's goalkeeper Msaed Shrean to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Al-Mnya Northleach's Fawaz Al Shati got a free kick in the 86th minute. Ali Al Sohali sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 89th minute Ali Al Sohali shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Msaed Shrean saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Msaed Shrean made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anwar Al Attar in the 90th minute. Anwar Al Attar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Msaed Shrean having to interfere. The Al-Mnya Northleach fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Dubai CSC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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