League

Mohammed bin Zayed
Spectators: 9271 (Terracing: 6955, Seating: 2132, VIP seats: 184) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fakher Sarkhoh kicked off to start the match. Aesem Khaja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fakher Sarkhoh, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Yaseen Al Baghli charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yaseen Al Baghli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Yaseen Al Baghli hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Alexandros Karterouliotis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adem Boften in the 10th minute of the match. If Maitham Al Rodhan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexandros Karterouliotis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Fuyaira SC's Hashem Ashkanani shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Hashem Ashkanani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexandros Karterouliotis having to interfere. Aesem Khaja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sari Al Qatam, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Fuyaira SC were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after Al-Jazira Sporting Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Adem Boften took the corner. Aesem Khaja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fakher Sarkhoh in the 29th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Basem Shadad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alexandros Karterouliotis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hashem Ashkanani in the 35th minute of play. Aesem Khaja made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Hussain Bo Qamaz sent off a good shot on target. Aesem Khaja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fakher Sarkhoh, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Aesem Khaja came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Al-Jazira Sporting Club's Fakher Sarkhoh. But to his dismay, Fakher Sarkhoh quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hashem Ashkanani stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alexandros Karterouliotis was a little too slow when Basem Shadad got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 53rd minute. The score was now 1-2. In the 60th minute Jawad Bo Abbas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aesem Khaja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aesem Khaja came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Al-Jazira Sporting Club's Taqi Al Mansor. But to his dismay, Taqi Al Mansor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Basem Shadad in the 70th minute of play forced Al-Jazira Sporting Club's goalkeeper Alexandros Karterouliotis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fakher Sarkhoh hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 75th minute, Fakher Sarkhoh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Fuyaira SC's Alexandros Karterouliotis threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Hashem Ashkanani, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Fuyaira SC's Aesem Khaja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hussain Bo Qamaz in the 78th minute of play. If Maitham Al Rodhan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Al-Jazira Sporting Club's Alexandros Karterouliotis got control of the ball when Adem Boften tried to sneak it across the goal line. Aesem Khaja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hussain Bo Qamaz in the 85th minute of the match. Aesem Khaja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hussain Bo Qamaz in the 86th minute of the match. Aesem Khaja took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jawad Bo Abbas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.