Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Feliciano Ongile took the kick off in the first half of the match. Hamzah Taqi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Oton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kuwait's Hamzah Taqi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Feliciano Ongile in the 10th minute of play. Anas Al Kandere charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anas Al Kandere the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Anas Al Kandere hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Sror Bo Qamaz kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. 23 minutes into the match, Kuwait's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Oton came free, but Hamzah Taqi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. TOYOTA Panasonic RacingF1 were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after Kuwait's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Anselmo Oton took the corner. After taking down the ball on TOYOTA Panasonic RacingF1's corner Ladislao Truylos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Hamzah Taqi quite easily take care of the ball. Hamzah Taqi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feliciano Ongile, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Hamzah Taqi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ladislao Truylos in the 34th minute of play. Eshaq Al Sarraf's late challenge caught a TOYOTA Panasonic RacingF1's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eshaq Al Sarraf helped the player get up and apologised. Ladislao Truylos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Hamzah Taqi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 39 minutes into the match, Kuwait's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Oton came free, but Hamzah Taqi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kuwait's Hamzah Taqi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anselmo Oton in the 41st minute of play. TOYOTA Panasonic RacingF1's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Anselmo Oton in the 42nd minute. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Ladislao Truylos got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 0-1. 42 minutes into the match. Hamzah Taqi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Feliciano Ongile, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rashed Al Shemali received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Severino Enaut came out and tried to block the shot, but Rashed Al Shemali slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 48th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Habib Al Youha to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Feliciano Ongile got free with Hamzah Taqi in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kuwait's Hamzah Taqi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anselmo Oton in the 55th minute of play. Hamzah Taqi made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Ladislao Truylos sent off a good shot on target. Hamzah Taqi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Oton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Feliciano Ongile had several of the Kuwait's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 64 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-3 score and a disappointed Hamzah Taqi as he didn't even see the shot coming. A collision led to Kuwait getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Meshari Dehrab hit a great ball. Elpidio Xabat in the 70thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Hamzah Taqi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, Kuwait's Khalefa Bo Qamaz got a free kick in the 71st minute. Kuwait's Eshaq Al Sarraf got his second yellow card of the match in the 78th minute. The referee ordered Eshaq Al Sarraf off the ground. After 79 played minutes Kuwait got a freekick which was hit by Eshaq Al Sarraf. Hamzah Taqi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Feliciano Ongile in the 80th minute. Anselmo Oton charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anselmo Oton the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, TOYOTA Panasonic RacingF1's Anselmo Oton got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Anselmo Oton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamzah Taqi having to interfere. After 86 minutes of play, TOYOTA Panasonic RacingF1's Anselmo Oton made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hamzah Taqi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Elpidio Xabat made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 90thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Hamzah Taqi would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. Elpidio Xabat had several of the Kuwait's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 90 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-5 score and a disappointed Hamzah Taqi as he didn't even see the shot coming. Hamzah Taqi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ladislao Truylos in the 98th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded TOYOTA Panasonic RacingF1 left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Kuwait.