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Stratford-upon-Avon
Spectators: 7226 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yaqoub Al Ajmi got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Hakem Shadad cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Salam Al Youha was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stratford-upon-Avon City's Salam Al Youha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hassan Al Baghli in the 8th minute of play. Mansfield's Saif Khaja proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Mansfield from getting a goal against them. After 13 minutes, Majed Al Hindi made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Stratford-upon-Avon City's Salam Al Youha tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Majed Al Hindi put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Salam Al Youha. Mansfield's defense didn't have a chance, in the 22nd minute, when Yaqoub Al Ajmi scored to the left of an out of position Saif Khaja, making the score, 1-3. After 25 played minutes, Stratford-upon-Avon City's Basel Al Mahmed shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Saif Khaja came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Stratford-upon-Avon City reached it. 28 minutes into the match, Mansfield's goal looked a bit too open when Yaqoub Al Ajmi came free, but Saif Khaja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bader Al Amer's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Saif Khaja firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 34th minute, Hassan Al Baghli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mansfield fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Mazen Al Khaled kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Salam Al Youha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Majed Al Hindi in the 41st minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hassan Al Baghli to make the kick off. Hassan Al Baghli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Salam Al Youha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Salam Al Youha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hassan Al Baghli in the 57th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Majed Al Hindi got free with Salam Al Youha in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mosalam Al Youha thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Saif Khaja, a very annoying self made goal in the 66th minute which led to 2-5. Saif Khaja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bader Al Amer in the 69th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Mansfield's Haitham Shadad got a free kick in the 70th minute. Bader Al Amer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Saif Khaja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Stratford-upon-Avon City's Fared Shrean got a free kick in the 75th minute. Majed Al Hindi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Salam Al Youha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hakem Shadad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Salam Al Youha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Majed Al Hindi got free with Salam Al Youha in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 93 played minutes Mansfield got a freekick which was hit by Majed Al Hindi. The Stratford-upon-Avon City fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mansfield were clearly better and deserved to take the win.