yahoo2001 0 - 6 UWK (377275431)

Dark skies made the crowd of 12000 at yahoo2001 Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Craig Paltrow was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nils-Åke Berntsson and Rajko Luèev. yahoo2001 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Uthman - Hanna, Hasan, Haj-Ibrahim, Ali - Ali, Nasrabadhi, Al-Yousef, Romanisio - Ameen, Abdel.

UWK tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: El-Faisal - El-Ommar, Yaseen, Uyaynah - Nasser, Tuama, El-Omar, Chana, Basri - Ibn-Omar, Abdalla.

The visiting A. Chana was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 11 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. After 23 minutes, UWK's S. Yaseen burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. A drive down the left side allowed F. Ibn-Omar to get in close and score another goal for UWK after 33 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. The players of UWK now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. yahoo2001's H. Haj-Ibrahim was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 35 minutes. 36 minutes into the game, UWK worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. UWK had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

UWK increased the lead to 0 - 4 as Q. Tuama scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. The home crowd cheered when, after 60 minutes, A. Chana's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. A penalty was awarded after 63 minutes, and Q. Tuama made the most of his chance to put UWK up by another goal. 0 - 5 for the visitors. The visitors' M. Abdalla took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 68 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for UWK. E. El-Omar came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over S. Uthman but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. Possession in this half belonged to UWK, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

yahoo2001's best player was M. Ameen. However, S. Uthman made a disastrous appearance. Most important UWK player was A. Chana. M. Abdalla on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.