League

Mansour Bin Zayed
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jean-Baptiste Azem took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the game, Jean-Baptiste Benaouf was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Belleair AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Abu Dhabi United the free kick. After a rather tough play, Belleair AFC's Jean-Baptiste Benaouf got a free kick in the 5th minute. Yazid Ramdani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rachid Oussalah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jean-Baptiste Azem in the 15th minute of play. When Fodil Abbas came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Abu Dhabi United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Fodil Abbas couldn't finish the play. In the 18th match minute, Abu Dhabi United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sofiane Matoub to maneuver through the defense. Rachid Oussalah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohamed Mezair, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 25th minute Jean-Baptiste Azem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rachid Oussalah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daho Medjoudj sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jean-Baptiste Azem in the 29thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rachid Oussalah, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With his leg Rachid Oussalah managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Abu Dhabi United's Jean-Baptiste Azem fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Jean-Baptiste Azem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Oussalah having to interfere. Belleair AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 41st minute, when Jean-Baptiste Azem scored to the left of an out of position Rachid Oussalah, making the score, 1-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ahmed Abdenouz to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Abu Dhabi United's Abd el Hamdani got control of the ball when Yazid Ramdani tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 68thth minute of the game Jean-Baptiste Azem who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Belleair AFC's Rachid Oussalah was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rachid Oussalah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohamed Mezair, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After 73 minutes, Noureddine Zarabi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Belleair AFC and the Abu Dhabi United players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 73 played minutes Belleair AFC got a freekick which was hit by Noureddine Zarabi. Rachid Oussalah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Baptiste Azem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yazid Ramdani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rachid Oussalah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jean-Baptiste Azem's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Abd el Hamdani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yazid Ramdani in the 86th minute. Rachid Oussalah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohamed Mezair, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Abu Dhabi United had played much better football throughout.