Prized/Friendly Cup

Claudio D. Borghi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes of play, Argentinos Juniors's Sven de Zwaan made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Osama Al Qattan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Domingos Aires scored 2-0 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Osama Al Qattan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Osama Al Qattan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingos Aires, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Osama Al Qattan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sven de Zwaan went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 16 minutes into the match, Hatta Club 1981's goalkeeper Osama Al Qattan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Domingos Aires. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Justo Elequemedo took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Osama Al Qattan to make any attempt to save it. Domingos Aires succeeded in the game's 23rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-0. 25 minutes into the match, Petruț Fințescu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Osama Al Qattan, 6-0. Sven de Zwaan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Osama Al Qattan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sven de Zwaan kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute. Though ot was a great shot Hatta Club 1981's keeper Osama Al Qattan was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. With his leg Osama Al Qattan managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when Argentinos Juniors's Domingos Aires fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Domingos Aires recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sven de Zwaan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Osama Al Qattan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. Osama Al Qattan came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by Argentinos Juniors's Sven de Zwaan. But to his dismay, Sven de Zwaan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. With a little luck, Hatta Club 1981's Osama Al Qattan got control of the ball when Sven de Zwaan tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Sven de Zwaan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 8-0 became the score in the 48th minute when Domingos Aires elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 8-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Domingos Aires recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 58 minutes of play, Argentinos Juniors's Domingos Aires made it 9-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Osama Al Qattan was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 60 minutes of play, Argentinos Juniors's Sven de Zwaan made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Osama Al Qattan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Osama Al Qattan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven de Zwaan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 69 minutes into the game, Argentinos Juniors's Justo Elequemedo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Osama Al Qattan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 11-0. In the 72nd minute, Sven de Zwaan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Argentinos Juniors fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 12-0. Hatta Club 1981's Osama Al Qattan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven de Zwaan in the 74th minute of play. A collision led to Hatta Club 1981 getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Haitham Al Fadhalah hit a great ball. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hatta Club 1981's goalkeeper Osama Al Qattan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 85 minutes into the match, Hatta Club 1981's goal looked a bit too open when Domingos Aires came free, but Osama Al Qattan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th match minute, Argentinos Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mats Falch to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Sven de Zwaan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Osama Al Qattan was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Argentinos Juniors had played much better football throughout.