League

Bombonera
Spectators: 7875 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Khalefa Khorshed kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Khalefa Khorshed kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nasser Al Matrok. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. Saleh Al Ajmi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Nayef Al Hadhod tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 22 minutes into the match, Otley's Saleh Al Ajmi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nayef Al Hadhod narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nasser Al Matrok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalefa Khorshed in the 26th minute of the match. Sobah Al Mehana kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Khalefa Khorshed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Saleh Al Ajmi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Hamzah Al Ali had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sanad Al Attar's late challenge caught a Otley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sanad Al Attar helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 43rd minute of the game. One of Newark United:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Otley:s goal. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Hamzah Al Ali sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59thth minute of the game Hamzah Al Ali who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Newark United's Nayef Al Hadhod was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Saleh Al Ajmi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Nayef Al Hadhod managed to avoid a goal in the 62ndth minute, when Otley's Saleh Al Ajmi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Nasser Al Matrok showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalefa Khorshed in the 64th minute of the match. 66 minutes in the game, Hamzah Al Ali fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Nayef Al Hadhod having to interfere. When %teams%'s Hamzah Al Ali was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 2-3 just inside the left pole, 71 minutes into the game. Nayef Al Hadhod was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. Moner Al Hadhod hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Hamzah Al Ali did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-4 to the left of a surprised Nayef Al Hadhod 80 minutes into the match. Hamzah Al Ali might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nayef Al Hadhod. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hamzah Al Ali ran back to his position shaking his head. Hamzah Al Ali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nayef Al Hadhod having to interfere. Hamzah Al Ali sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.