Challenge

Ingatestone Park
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mnawer Abo Al Hasan kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Mnawer Abo Al Hasan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Barakat Al Motaire's late challenge caught a El Arabi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Barakat Al Motaire helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Ingatestone getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Barakat Al Motaire hit a great ball. If Sharf Al Rodhan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Ingatestone's zone, Sanad Khorshed stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yaseen Al Hadad came out of the goal and Sanad Khorshed tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rajab Jiragh during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 8 played minutes Ingatestone got a freekick which was hit by Rajab Jiragh. Yaseen Al Hadad came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by El Arabi's Mnawer Abo Al Hasan. But to his dismay, Mnawer Abo Al Hasan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 14th minute, Derek Cooke made a precise shot to the right of Yaseen Al Hadad. Ingatestone's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Yaseen Al Hadad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Derek Cooke in the 21st minute of play. Yaseen Al Hadad stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mnawer Abo Al Hasan's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 27th minute of the game. One of Ingatestone:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El Arabi:s goal. In the 31st minute, Mnawer Abo Al Hasan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Arabi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. 34 minutes into the match, Derek Cooke notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Ingatestone's Yaseen Al Hadad. Yaseen Al Hadad was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sanad Khorshed in the 38th minute of play forced Ingatestone's goalkeeper Yaseen Al Hadad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Mnawer Abo Al Hasan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yaseen Al Hadad. Ingatestone's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mnawer Abo Al Hasan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mnawer Abo Al Hasan in the 43rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yaseen Al Hadad saved Ingatestone from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Barakat Al Motaire to make the kick off. Mnawer Abo Al Hasan who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 54thth minute tested the skills of Yaseen Al Hadad when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Mnawer Abo Al Hasan in the 55thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Yaseen Al Hadad, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Mnawer Abo Al Hasans short, quick shot in the 59thth minute got Yaseen Al Hadad to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Yaseen Al Hadad made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mnawer Abo Al Hasan in the 61st minute. In the 62nd minute, Ingatestone's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Mnawer Abo Al Hasan fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 63 minutes into the game, Mnawer Abo Al Hasan lined in a short shot 0-7 behind a frustrated Yaseen Al Hadad. After 67 minutes, Mnawer Abo Al Hasan made it 0-8 with a short kick to the right side. Ingatestone's Yaseen Al Hadad tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Derek Cooke in the 75th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Yaseen Al Hadad kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 0-10 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. El Arabi's Mnawer Abo Al Hasan was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 82nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 86thth minute of the game Mnawer Abo Al Hasan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ingatestone's Yaseen Al Hadad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Salim Shamsah kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the match, Mnawer Abo Al Hasan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yaseen Al Hadad. Ingatestone's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mnawer Abo Al Hasan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-13. When Rajab Jiragh was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 93 minutes had been played. Rajab Jiragh kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. When the match was over El Arabi could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ingatestone throughout the match.