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Spectators: 10850 (Terracing: 8139, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Muhammad Azzaro took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes, Ahmed Santos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the One piece UTD and the Hay Riadh United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th match minute, One piece UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmed Santos to maneuver through the defense. Ahmed Santos hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Igor Pahucki's late challenge caught a Hay Riadh United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Igor Pahucki helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, One piece UTD's Igor Pahucki got a free kick in the 8th minute. A collision led to One piece UTD getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Igor Pahucki hit a great ball. After 17 played minutes Hay Riadh United got a freekick which was hit by Hassen Khayachi. The nice shot from Igor Pahucki in the 21stth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Lotfi Ghodhbane had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. Ahmed Santos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Lotfi Ghodhbane made a huge save. In the 28th match minute, One piece UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jean Carl Decesare to maneuver through the defense. Lotfi Ghodhbane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karim Jegham in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th minute, Igor Pahucki 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. One piece UTD's Ahmed Santos got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lotfi Ghodhbane made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eate Fonoll in the 37th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ahmed Santos got free with Lotfi Ghodhbane in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. One piece UTD's Igor Pahucki got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Igor Pahucki got free with Lotfi Ghodhbane in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Igor Pahucki to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Pahucki in the 52nd minute of play forced Hay Riadh United's goalkeeper Lotfi Ghodhbane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute One piece UTD were awarded a corner. Jean Carl Decesare went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 54th minute Igor Pahucki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lotfi Ghodhbane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of One piece UTD booed when Hay Riadh United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mokhtar Dhiab didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lotfi Ghodhbane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Pahucki in the 56th minute of play. Edgar Valenzuela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Muhammad Azzaro in the 57th minute of play. After 57 played minutes One piece UTD got a freekick which was hit by Eate Fonoll. Moustapha Belhouane hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Lotfi Ghodhbane took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Pahucki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lotfi Ghodhbane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmed Santos in the 62nd minute of the match. Lotfi Ghodhbane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Pahucki in the 64th minute of the match. If Igor Pahucki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Issam Sayah struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Edgar Valenzuela didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hay Riadh United. Muhammad Azzaro scored 1-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edgar Valenzuela, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. During the 74th minute of the match Igor Pahucki completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Igor Pahucki a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Ahmed Santos was shown his second yellow card after 76 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Ahmed Santos hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hay Riadh United's goalkeeper Lotfi Ghodhbane, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 90 minutes into the match, Eate Fonoll notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Hay Riadh United's Lotfi Ghodhbane. Lotfi Ghodhbane was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Muhammad Azzaro in the 94th minute of play forced One piece UTD's goalkeeper Edgar Valenzuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. One piece UTD walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.