League

Mansour Bin Zayed
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nordine Méniri took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes in the game Hocine Sadaoui did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Daho Medjoudj. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nordine Méniri in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abd el Hamdani saved Abu Dhabi United from getting behind. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Osaze Øskov during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Nordine Méniri charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nordine Méniri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th minute, Nordine Méniri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Abu Dhabi United's Mohamed Mezair slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Karim Fadhil Mohamed. That made the score 1-0 after 26 minutes of play. 32 minutes into the game, Jean-Baptiste Azem cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Karim Fadhil Mohamed was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nordine Méniri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abd el Hamdani having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jean-Baptiste Azem stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fawzi Assad's late challenge caught a RDC Partenariat 2023's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fawzi Assad helped the player get up and apologised. In the 55th minute there was a penalty for RDC Partenariat 2023. Astor Erasto stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Abd el Hamdani. 2-1. Cheikha Cherrad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abd el Hamdani having to interfere. Khair ad-Din Brahimi struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Karim Fadhil Mohamed didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Abu Dhabi United. 72 minutes into the game, Khair ad-Din Brahimi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Karim Fadhil Mohamed was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. RDC Partenariat 2023's attentive Evert Andersson managed to snatch the ball when Amine Boudjedra made a throw-in in the 90th minute of the game. A collision led to Abu Dhabi United getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Amine Boudjedra hit a great ball.