League

Hale Park
Spectators: 7933 (Terracing: 6072, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Esmael Sarkhoh took the kick off in the first half of the match. Farooq Bo Abbas made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Ali Al Adsani sent off a good shot on target. Ameer Al Sherazi's late challenge caught a Hale United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ameer Al Sherazi helped the player get up and apologised. Ameer Al Sherazi kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, Esmael Sarkhoh got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Farooq Bo Abbas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esmael Sarkhoh in the 19th minute of the match. Sari Al Hashash made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dhari Al Banwan in the 22nd minute of play. Ali Al Adsani took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Farooq Bo Abbas. Farooq Bo Abbas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 31st minute, Jalal Al Khars hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 41 minutes into the match, Salah Al Abdullah had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sari Al Hashash. Hale United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Salah Al Abdullah was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dhari Al Banwan to make the kick off. Sari Al Hashash showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dhari Al Banwan in the 52nd minute of the match. If Dhari Al Banwan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Falah Boland during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 59th minute, Falah Boland hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ghasan Al Besher during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ghasan Al Besher hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Esmael Sarkhoh's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Farooq Bo Abbas was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. SC Freiburg's Farooq Bo Abbas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Al Adsani in the 72nd minute of play. Esmael Sarkhoh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Farooq Bo Abbas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Haider Al Bloshi fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hale United's protests and gave Haider Al Bloshi a yellow card for diving instead. The crowd rose to their feet as SC Freiburg's Dhari Al Banwan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sari Al Hashash. That made the score 1-2 after 82 minutes of play. After 96 played minutes Hale United got a freekick which was hit by Motlaq Jiragh.