Official Cup

King Abdullah Arena
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jaber Al Ateqi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Putu Priyatno made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Faleh Al Saleh sent off a good shot on target. Femi Muchtaji received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Younis Al Harban tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Shaban Al Motaire might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Putu Priyatno. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Shaban Al Motaire ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 13th minute, Fery Rai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jaber Al Ateqi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Putu Priyatno came out and tried to block the shot, but Jaber Al Ateqi slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 17th minute. After a rather tough play, Al-Ahli's Yaqoub Shalan got a free kick in the 20th minute. 【福】 ★Carrozzeria★日本™'s Putu Priyatno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rashed Al Sharaf in the 23rd minute of play. When Faleh Al Saleh came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Al-Ahli fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Faleh Al Saleh couldn't finish the play. 28 minutes into the game, Al-Ahli's Rashed Al Sharaf nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Putu Priyatno made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Putu Priyatno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rashed Al Sharaf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 minutes 【福】 ★Carrozzeria★日本™'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ebrahem Al Qatam who took care of the corner kick. Al-Ahli's Ebrahem Al Qatam was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Putu Priyatno in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 41st minute Jaber Al Ateqi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Putu Priyatno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 43 minutes into the game, when Uum Mulia put in a rough tackle. Rashed Al Sharaf sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Femi Muchtaji to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, 【福】 ★Carrozzeria★日本™'s goal looked a bit too open when Yaqoub Shalan came free, but Putu Priyatno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Jaber Al Ateqi put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Putu Priyatno. Younis Al Harban showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Femi Muchtaji, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 61st minute, Rashed Al Sharaf 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Shaban Al Motaire managed to get in a good position for a shot. Al-Ahli's supporters rose to their feet, but Shaban Al Motaire was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Putu Priyatno breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 65th minute, Rashed Al Sharaf left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Al-Ahli fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. When Al-Ahli's Shaban Al Motaire in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 【福】 ★Carrozzeria★日本™'s goalie prevented a goal. Rashed Al Sharaf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Putu Priyatno having to interfere. Femi Muchtaji scored 6-1 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Younis Al Harban, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to 【福】 ★Carrozzeria★日本™ getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Porman Darwis hit a great ball. 【福】 ★Carrozzeria★日本™'s Putu Priyatno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaber Al Ateqi in the 87th minute of play. Putu Priyatno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaber Al Ateqi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Al-Ahli walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.