League

Grand Hamad Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the match, Salem Al Abdullah notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of El Arabi's Leopoldo Nataniel. Leopoldo Nataniel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of El Arabi booed when Al Yarmouk Kuwait was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Monther Al Mansor didn't get a good kick on the ball. Shjae Al Ansari, 13 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Charlie von Clausewitz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Leopoldo Nataniel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Al Yarmouk Kuwait's Michael Apelkvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Al Yarmouk Kuwait from getting a goal against them. Michael Apelkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monther Al Balool, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, Al Yarmouk Kuwait's goal looked a bit too open when Jarah Al Rifaee came free, but Michael Apelkvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 30 minutes Al Yarmouk Kuwait's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Shjae Al Ansari who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Shjae Al Ansari got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Michael Apelkvist quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Leopoldo Nataniel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Salem Al Abdullah went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Khaled Al Khars to make the kick off. Monther Al Mansor hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Monther Al Mansor hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shjae Al Ansari in the 57th minute of play forced Al Yarmouk Kuwait's goalkeeper Michael Apelkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, El Arabi's Leopoldo Nataniel got control of the ball when Hamzah Al Motar tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Al Yarmouk Kuwait's Rio Darwis got a free kick in the 65th minute. El Arabi's Jarah Al Rifaee got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salem Al Abdullah in the 71st minute of play forced El Arabi's goalkeeper Leopoldo Nataniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Jarah Al Rifaee managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Arabi's supporters rose to their feet, but Jarah Al Rifaee was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Michael Apelkvist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Michael Apelkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jarah Al Rifaee in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 82nd match minute, El Arabi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shjae Al Ansari to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamzah Al Motar in the 84th minute of play forced El Arabi's goalkeeper Leopoldo Nataniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 86 minutes, Salem Al Abdullah managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Al Yarmouk Kuwait's supporters crossed their fingers, but Salem Al Abdullah was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 90 minutes into the match, Mahmoud Al Bloshi dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Leopoldo Nataniel, 0-4. The El Arabi fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Al Yarmouk Kuwait were clearly better and deserved to take the win.