Ultra Chmicha topple the leaders and 3BS sneak into the Quarter-Finals via Shootouts on Matchday 9 of Kings League MENA

Ultra Chmicha beat FWZ 8-6 in the last game of the Kings League MENA regular season, and it was not the only shock of Friday 23 October at the Kings League Arena in Riyadh: 3BS held DR7 to a 4-4 draw and won the Shootouts to claim seventh place, the last Quarter-Final spot.

FWZ lost but still finish top with 7 wins and 2 defeats and go straight to the Semi-Finals on 30 October. Monday’s Quarter-Finals are Red Zone vs RA2 FC, Ultra Chmicha vs Turbo and DR7 vs 3BS. Rising Peaks and ABO FC, with three wins each, and Bakhira F.C., with two, are out.

Matchday 9 results

• RA2 FC 7 – 2 ABO FC
• Turbo 4 – 2 Bakhira F.C.
• DR7 4 (2) – 4 (3) 3BS
• Rising Peaks 5 – 8 Red Zone
• Ultra Chmicha 8 – 6 FWZ

RA2 FC thrash ABO FC and even their keeper scores

RA2 FC goalkeeper Eloy Amoedo opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Hussam Tah and a goal from David Reyes that counted double made it 4-0 after 19 minutes, and ABO FC could only reply through Adam Dembele and a Bilal Fadili penalty. Mark Sorroche scored twice: a penalty in the 28th minute and the goal that made it 7-2 in the 41st.

Reyes was named MVP. RA2 FC finish fifth with five wins and face Red Zone in the Quarter-Finals, while ABO FC, who needed a win, are out with three.

Youssef Elnabarawy fires Turbo into the Quarter-Finals

Bakhira F.C. played without Luís Henrique ‘Boolt’ from the first minute after Tarboun chose to take him out of the game. Zeiad Abdo put Turbo ahead in the 1st minute and Mehdi Gacem hit back with a penalty and a Shootout to make it 1-2 to Bakhira F.C. in the 23rd minute. Youssef Elnabarawy equalised in that same minute.

The President Penalty broke the deadlock: Achraf Sabiri missed for Bakhira F.C. and Tarboun scored his to put Turbo 3-2 up in the 33rd. Elnabarawy sealed the 4-2 in the 41st with his second goal, and Gacem was MVP despite the defeat. Tarboun’s side finish sixth with four wins and will play Ultra Chmicha; Bakhira F.C. end bottom with two.

3BS beat DR7 on Shootouts and take the last spot

There were three goals inside the first minute: Moussa Sao and goalkeeper JMK for 3BS, and goalkeeper Saleh Alhawsawi for DR7. Giannelli Imbula and Amine Kheche stretched the 3BS lead to 4-2 in the 23rd minute. Igo Canindé pulled one back from the spot in the 24th, the same minute in which Drb7h and Absi both missed their President Penalties, and Moath Alasiri levelled at 4-4 in the 29th.

3BS won the Shootouts 3-2 and Canindé took the MVP award. Absi’s team finish seventh with four wins and get a rematch with DR7 in the Quarter-Finals. DR7 end second with six wins, level with Ultra Chmicha.

Red Zone come from 2-0 down to knock out Rising Peaks

Rising Peaks led 2-0 through David Felipe in the 1st minute and Abdullah Al-Drees’s President Penalty in the 9th. Red Zone then turned it into a 5-2 lead in six minutes: a Gilles Vidal goal that counted double in the 19th, two from Mohamed Amin in the 22nd and 23rd and one from Josenildo Santos in the 25th.

In the 31st minute Ali Mousa scored Red Zone’s President Penalty, David Felipe pulled one back with a Shootout and Vidal converted a penalty. Ali Alnamer and Eihab Hooba cut the gap to 7-5 before Jero Martín made it 8-5 in the 41st. Vidal was MVP; Red Zone finish fourth with five wins and Rising Peaks are out with three.

Ultra Chmicha beat FWZ, who stay top

FWZ were 2-0 up inside three minutes thanks to Everton ‘Chiclete’ Araújo and their goalkeeper, Igor Campos. Ultra Chmicha hit back through Marc Granero, Masi Dabo and Walid Jaadi to lead 3-2 by the 10th minute, before Cristian Hernández, Mohamed Bencherif and Dani Liñares took the score to 5-4 to FWZ in the 28th minute.

A Youssef Chakiri goal that counted double put Ultra Chmicha 6-5 ahead in the 33rd, and then came the President Penalties: Fwaz missed his and Yassine Bouguesaa scored for Ultra Chmicha to make it 7-5. Hernández completed his hat-trick in the 43rd and Jaadi sealed the 8-6 win over the leaders in the same minute. Igor Campos was MVP despite the defeat. Ultra Chmicha finish third with six wins, and FWZ, on seven, await their Semi-Final opponent.

Quarter-Finals on Monday 26, Final Four on Friday 30

The seven teams still standing return to the Kings League Arena on Monday 26 October: Red Zone vs RA2 FC, Ultra Chmicha vs Turbo and DR7 vs 3BS. The three winners join FWZ in the Final Four on Friday 30, with the Semi-Finals and the Final on the same day.