Prized/Friendly Cup

Golden Palace
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ali Al Towatan made the kick off which started today's match. When Rida Al Hajri fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Golden Tigers's protests and gave Rida Al Hajri a yellow card for diving instead. In the 3rd minute, Rida Al Hajri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fawaz Boland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Erkki Veider took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Al Towatan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute Sayer Al Besher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erkki Veider saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erkki Veider was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Abdul Aziz Al Holey showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 15 minute of play. Erkki Veider was out of position in the 21 minute of play, and Esam Al Hashash capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Esam Al Hashash really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Hakem Al Attar charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hakem Al Attar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Cin-Cin Marger la birra booed when Golden Tigers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hakem Al Attar didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute, Kuuno Ettur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erkki Veider showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdul Aziz Al Holey in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Golden Tigers's Sayer Al Besher dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Esam Al Hashash kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Erkki Veider. That made the score 4-0 in the 38 minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rida Al Hajri to maneuver through the defense. Erkki Veider showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esam Al Hashash in the 45th minute of the match.

54 minutes into the match, Cin-Cin Marger la birra's goal looked a bit too open when Sayer Al Besher came free, but Erkki Veider reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 56 played minutes Cin-Cin Marger la birra got a freekick which was hit by Helger Lepist. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sayer Al Besher in the 62nd minute of play forced Cin-Cin Marger la birra's goalkeeper Erkki Veider to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 67th minute, when Cin-Cin Marger la birra's Helger Lepist after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with José Alberto Chilavert in Golden Tigers's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. The referee felt a red card was in order, 69 minutes into the game, when Hugo Vahtra put in a rough tackle. After 69 played minutes Cin-Cin Marger la birra got a freekick which was hit by Hugo Vahtra. 74 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's Ali Al Towatan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Erkki Veider narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cin-Cin Marger la birra's Erkki Veider played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fawaz Boland in the 77th minute of play. Cin-Cin Marger la birra's Erkki Veider played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qutaiba Al Ateqi in the 88th minute of play. Hendrik Ettur kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Cin-Cin Marger la birra's Erkki Veider played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sayer Al Besher in the 94th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Golden Tigers fully deserved thier win.