League

Penistone
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Ad Academy's Basel Al Balool started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jacinto Espinoza made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Naem Al Habshi sent off a good shot on target. Mnawer Boften came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Ad Academy's Basel Al Balool. But to his dismay, Basel Al Balool quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After a rather tough play, Ad Academy's Basel Al Balool got a free kick in the 17th minute. Mnawer Boften showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basel Al Balool, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Basel Al Balool put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Mnawer Boften. In the 26th match minute, Penistone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faraj Al Saffar to maneuver through the defense. Mnawer Boften didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pankracy Zatorski went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Pankracy Zatorski took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mnawer Boften. Mnawer Boften dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. A collision led to Ad Academy getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Ivo Amaro hit a great ball. Mnawer Boften showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basel Al Balool, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 42nd match minute, Penistone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mahmoud Al Herz to maneuver through the defense. In the 46th minute, Fawzy Al Nasser made a precise shot to the right of Mnawer Boften. Penistone's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. The Penistone players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ad Academy were winning 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Naem Al Habshi to make the kick off. When Farhan Al Fadhalah came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Ad Academy 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 Farhan Al Fadhalah couldn't finish the play. After 55 minutes of play, Ad Academy's Pankracy Zatorski made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mnawer Boften was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Pankracy Zatorski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Pankracy Zatorski took a quick shot and it went in 0-8 without a chance for Mnawer Boften to make any attempt to save it. The crowd rose to their feet as Pankracy Zatorski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mnawer Boften. That made the score 0-9 in the 68 minute of play. Mnawer Boften made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basel Al Balool in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute Pankracy Zatorski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mnawer Boften saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Penistone booed when Ad Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oun Al Hajraf didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ghaith Dashti took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 76th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jacinto Espinoza. Ad Academy's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naem Al Habshi in the 85th minute of play forced Ad Academy's goalkeeper Jacinto Espinoza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pankracy Zatorski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Mnawer Boften tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 89th minute, Ad Academy's Pankracy Zatorski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. Penistone's Mnawer Boften proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Penistone from getting a goal against them. Mnawer Boften came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ad Academy's Basel Al Balool. But to his dismay, Basel Al Balool quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. The Penistone fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ad Academy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.