Romanalafia Stadium
Spectators: 5305 (Terracing: 4250,
Seating: 1050, VIP seats: 5) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mosa Al Sallal made the kick off which started today's match. Baqer Al Rifaee charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Baqer Al Rifaee the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Romanalafia FC's Baqer Al Rifaee got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Yasen Khorshed fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mnawer Al Srae having to interfere. In the 6th match minute, Romanalafia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baqer Al Rifaee to maneuver through the defense. Romanalafia FC's Mnawer Al Srae played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mosa Al Sallal in the 7th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Yasen Khorshed ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mnawer Al Srae was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 14th minute, Nemir Al Fadhalah got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ammar Al Khames charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ammar Al Khames the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th match minute, Real Madrid was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ammar Al Khames to maneuver through the defense. 22 minutes into the match, Romanalafia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mosa Al Sallal came free, but Mnawer Al Srae reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mohammad Al Ammar kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Romanalafia FC defense, Mosa Al Sallal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mnawer Al Srae. The Romanalafia FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mnawer Al Srae should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Romanalafia FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Abdelnaser Al Sherazi hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute, Emad Al Najdi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Real Madrid fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Mnawer Al Srae showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mosa Al Sallal, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 39 minutes into the game, Real Madrid's Mosa Al Sallal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mnawer Al Srae made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Mahdi Al Harban took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Fahad Al Besher to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mosa Al Sallal in the 48th minute of play forced Romanalafia FC's goalkeeper Mnawer Al Srae to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-4 lead.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yousef Al Dabos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Baqer Al Rifaee was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 54 minutes into the match. In the 54th minute, Baqer Al Rifaee hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 55th match minute, Romanalafia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelnaser Al Sherazi to maneuver through the defense. Ali Al Sarraf hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. 62 minutes into the game, Real Madrid's Yasen Khorshed nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mnawer Al Srae made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-5. After 69 minutes, Qutada Abo Al Hasan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Romanalafia FC and the Real Madrid players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Real Madrid booed when Romanalafia FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Qutada Abo Al Hasan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mnawer Al Srae acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 71st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Emad Al Najdi. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Yasen Khorshed managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Madrid's supporters rose to their feet, but Yasen Khorshed was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mnawer Al Srae breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ammar Al Khames in the 74th minute of play forced Romanalafia FC's goalkeeper Mnawer Al Srae to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nemir Al Fadhalah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Fahad Al Besher tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mnawer Al Srae showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mosa Al Sallal, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yasen Khorshed got free with Mnawer Al Srae in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match was over Real Madrid could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Romanalafia FC throughout the match.
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