National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 14377 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 4027, VIP seats: 350) United Arab Emirates's Luai Al Qatam started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, United Arab Emirates's goal looked a bit too open when Chi-Chi Liang came free, but Morjan Al Khobaize reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Khobaize played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicholas Tan in the 7th minute of play. United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Khobaize played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicholas Tan in the 13th minute of play. United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Khobaize played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicholas Tan in the 15th minute of play. After 16 played minutes United Arab Emirates got a freekick which was hit by Yahya Abol. After a defensive mix-up in Singapore's zone, Edrees Al Rifaee stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Victor Laycock came out of the goal and Edrees Al Rifaee tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Singapore's Samuel Choo got a free kick in the 24th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Singapore's zone, Luai Al Qatam stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Victor Laycock came out of the goal and Luai Al Qatam tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 33rd minute Chi-Chi Liang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Morjan Al Khobaize saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicholas Tan scored 0-1 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Morjan Al Khobaize, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Nicholas Tan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Singapore's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicholas Tan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Morjan Al Khobaize breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nicholas Tan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After the first half Singapore were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chi-Chi Liang to make the kick off. Morjan Al Khobaize made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicholas Tan in the 51st minute of play. When Singapore's Nicholas Tan in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye United Arab Emirates's goalie prevented a goal. When Singapore's Nicholas Tan in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye United Arab Emirates's goalie prevented a goal. Victor Laycock showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luai Al Qatam in the 57th minute of the match. Victor Laycock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edrees Al Rifaee in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th minute of the match United Arab Emirates got a corner. Singapore's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nizar Al Rifaee ran over to the corner to take the kick. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Singapore's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nizar Al Rifaee was slow to take the kick. During this time United Arab Emirates's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Edrees Al Rifaee got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Victor Laycock quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Luai Al Qatam's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victor Laycock was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 77thth minute of the game Nicholas Tan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but United Arab Emirates's Morjan Al Khobaize was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Edrees Al Rifaee managed to get in a good position for a shot. United Arab Emirates's supporters rose to their feet, but Edrees Al Rifaee was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victor Laycock breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luai Al Qatam blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Victor Laycock having to make a save. A collision led to United Arab Emirates getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Bandar Al Sherazi hit a great ball. Edrees Al Rifaee took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Victor Laycock. Victor Laycock dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 91st minute, Bandar Al Sherazi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to United Arab Emirates getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Yahya Abol hit a great ball. In the 96th match minute, United Arab Emirates was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yahya Abol to maneuver through the defense. Morjan Al Khobaize acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 98th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Nicholas Tan. Singapore's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.