Tigers 0 - 1 Riyadh (389687513)

28724 spectators had come to Red Tigers Makkah Arena this cloudy day. Salih Kaman was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexandre Monier and Ellmar Jährlich. Tigers started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Cerqueira - Nørgaard, Croning, Tadić - Rogulski, Peyrard, Scotti Calmuzzi, 越智 (Ochi) - Lipman, Tepedelen, 慶坤 (Qingkun).

Riyadh decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Karpiesiuk - Neumayer, Le Gall, Andreassen - Unterhofer, Locher, Bilson, Stahnke, Ribeiro - Abdul, Safarevich.

With 25 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. T. Ribeiro put the ball away for 0 - 1. T. Unterhofer's experience almost gave Riyadh a goal after 38 minutes but the keeper made a great save. 43 minutes into the game, Riyadh worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Riyadh had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.

V. Le Gall could have put his team up another goal 84 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. Tigers's A. Nørgaard was shown a yellow card after 85 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Possession in this half belonged to Riyadh, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

The most dominating Tigers player was without a doubt S. Tepedelen. A. Nørgaard on the other hand, had a terrible day. Riyadh's best player was A. Abdul. On the other hand, T. Unterhofer's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.