National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alain Berset got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute Switzerland were awarded a corner. Martin Rutsch went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Switzerland's Jacquin Achermann getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 6 minutes into the match, United Arab Emirates's goal looked a bit too open when Endrik Fuchs came free, but Morjan Al Sayer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th minute Endrik Fuchs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Morjan Al Sayer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Alain Berset managed to get in a good position for a shot. Switzerland's supporters rose to their feet, but Alain Berset was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Morjan Al Sayer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Endrik Fuchs in the 13th minute of play forced United Arab Emirates's goalkeeper Morjan Al Sayer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Morjan Al Sayer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gutierre Lauri in the 14th minute of play. Morjan Sarkhoh scored 0-1 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kim-André van der Schans, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 18 minutes into the match, Endrik Fuchs notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Sayer. Morjan Al Sayer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Endrik Fuchs got free with Morjan Al Sayer in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 23rdth minute of the game Endrik Fuchs who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Sayer was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Switzerland's Kim-André van der Schans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haider Baroun in the 26th minute of play. After 27 minutes, Martin Rutsch made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Sayer tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 30 minutes into the match, Switzerland's goal looked a bit too open when Haider Baroun came free, but Kim-André van der Schans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Morjan Al Sayer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Endrik Fuchs in the 31st minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, United Arab Emirates's goal looked a bit too open when Endrik Fuchs came free, but Morjan Al Sayer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Morjan Al Sayer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Endrik Fuchs in the 37th minute of the match. Morjan Al Sayer was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alain Berset showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 37 minute of play. In the 46th minute, Switzerland's Endrik Fuchs dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.
Switzerland made a substitution. Stefano Hubli replaced Jacquin Achermann. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Morjan Sarkhoh to make the kick off. Alain Berset scored 5-1 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Morjan Al Sayer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. United Arab Emirates's Nader Abol was substituted for Darweesh Al Matrok. United Arab Emirates made a substitution. Salim Al Saleh replaced Mortada Al Mothaf. In the 65th minute, Best Playe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute Endrik Fuchs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Morjan Al Sayer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Sayer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Endrik Fuchs in the 66th minute of play. Morjan Al Sayer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Endrik Fuchs in the 67th minute of the match. Morjan Sarkhoh's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 69thth minute, Kim-André van der Schans skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alain Berset in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Morjan Al Sayer saved United Arab Emirates from getting behind. Switzerland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Martin Rutsch in the 77th minute. Martin Rutsch made a great header on Switzerland's corner, it was just that United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Sayer managed to reach the ball for a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gutierre Lauri in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Morjan Al Sayer saved United Arab Emirates from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Gutierre Lauri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Morjan Al Sayer was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. United Arab Emirates were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after Switzerland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lafi Al Hashash took the corner. 82 minutes into the match, United Arab Emirates's Morjan Sarkhoh sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kim-André van der Schans narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Rutsch in the 85th minute of play forced United Arab Emirates's goalkeeper Morjan Al Sayer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 89 played minutes United Arab Emirates got a freekick which was hit by Lafi Al Hashash. In the 97th minute, United Arab Emirates's Morjan Sarkhoh dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-2. Switzerland walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
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