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Abdullah Al Khalifa
Spectators: 10997 (Terracing: 8249, Seating: 2529, VIP seats: 219) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Salem Al Abdullah started the match with the kick off. Monther Al Mansor hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute Ghasan Shalan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bram Kiewit saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Kuwait SC booed when Al Yarmouk Kuwait was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdul Rahman Shrean didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Jokum Appeldorn managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Al Yarmouk Kuwait's Salem Al Abdullah fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Kuwait SC's Jokum Appeldorn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Kuwait SC from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ayoob Al Homaithe in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bram Kiewit saved Al Yarmouk Kuwait from getting behind. Bram Kiewit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enéas Seco in the 27th minute of the match. Salem Al Abdullah might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jokum Appeldorn. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Salem Al Abdullah ran back to his position shaking his head. Jokum Appeldorn made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Charlie von Clausewitz sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Kuwait SC getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Jamel Boyd hit a great ball. Charlie von Clausewitz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Jokum Appeldorn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bram Kiewit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ghasan Shalan in the 44th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, Al Yarmouk Kuwait's goal looked a bit too open when Ghasan Shalan came free, but Bram Kiewit reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Seraj Al Towatan made a kick off. In the 50th minute, Monther Al Mansor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54th minute, Monther Al Mansor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Salem Al Abdullah ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jokum Appeldorn was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Kuwait SC's Ghasan Shalan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bram Kiewit. That made the score 2-1 after 60 minutes of play. 66 minutes into the game, Al Yarmouk Kuwait's Mosalam Al Bloshi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jokum Appeldorn made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. 69 minutes into the game, Al Yarmouk Kuwait's Charlie von Clausewitz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jokum Appeldorn made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. 77 minutes into the match, Al Yarmouk Kuwait's goal looked a bit too open when Seraj Al Towatan came free, but Bram Kiewit reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With 79 minutes on the clock, 邵响冰 commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The supporters of Al Yarmouk Kuwait booed when Kuwait SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. 邵响冰 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 81 played minutes, Al Yarmouk Kuwait's Khaled Al Besher shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jokum Appeldorn came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Al Yarmouk Kuwait reached it. 83 minutes into the match, Kuwait SC's goal looked a bit too open when Charlie von Clausewitz came free, but Jokum Appeldorn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Charlie von Clausewitz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Kuwait SC defense, Mahmoud Al Bloshi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jokum Appeldorn. The Kuwait SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jokum Appeldorn should have stopped the shot. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Al Yarmouk Kuwait fully deserved thier win.