League

Penistone
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sharf Al Mofede started the match with the kick off. Sharf Al Mofede kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Bashar Abo Al Hasan's late challenge caught a Penistone's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bashar Abo Al Hasan helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 5th minute of the game. One of FC Medina:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Penistone:s goal. After 11 minutes of play, FC Medina's Sharf Al Mofede made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ayoob Taiban was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sharf Al Mofede in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ayoob Taiban saved Penistone from getting behind. Nizar Khaja received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Gawhar Dashti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Penistone defense, Sharf Al Mofede kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ayoob Taiban. The Penistone fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ayoob Taiban should have stopped the shot. Sharf Al Mofede scored 1-3 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ayoob Taiban, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 35th minute, Jassem Al Asuosi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ayoob Taiban was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. 1-5 became the score in the 38th minute when Sharf Al Mofede elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Ayoob Taiban took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sharf Al Mofede, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sharf Al Mofede in the 44th minute of play forced Penistone's goalkeeper Ayoob Taiban to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sharf Al Mofede succeeded in the game's 46th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-6.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nizar Khaja to strike the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Sharf Al Mofede kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ayoob Taiban. That made the score 1-7 in the 52 minute of play. Ayoob Taiban took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krisztián Horváth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sharf Al Mofede received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ayoob Taiban came out and tried to block the shot, but Sharf Al Mofede slotted it home off the left post making it 1-8 in the 62nd minute. Ayoob Taiban made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sharf Al Mofede in the 65th minute of play. Ayoob Taiban was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sharf Al Mofede showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-9 in the 66 minute of play. After some careless play in the Penistone defense, Sharf Al Mofede kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ayoob Taiban. The Penistone fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ayoob Taiban should have stopped the shot. In the 75th minute, Krisztián Horváth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ayoob Taiban showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sharf Al Mofede in the 78th minute of the match. Ayoob Taiban showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sharf Al Mofede, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Ayoob Taiban took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sharf Al Mofede, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Penistone's Ayoob Taiban proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Penistone from getting a goal against them. FC Medina's Krisztián Horváth got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Penistone fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FC Medina were clearly better and deserved to take the win.