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Yateley Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes, Naser Jabalah mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Yateley City and the Hitchin players grew even worse after the yellow card. Naser Jabalah hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Ammar Abou Fakr sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Talib Ghanim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tamir Touffah in the 13th minute of play. When Hitchin's Masoud Abdul Qadir in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Yateley City's goalie prevented a goal. 19 minutes into the match, Yateley City's goal looked a bit too open when Masoud Abdul Qadir came free, but Rafe Jabbar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rafe Jabbar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qazim Qudamah, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Rafe Jabbar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qazim Qudamah in the 21st minute of the match. After 23 played minutes Hitchin got a freekick which was hit by Ammar Adas. Talib Ghanim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Riad Budail, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Riad Budail in the 29th minute of play forced Hitchin's goalkeeper Talib Ghanim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tamir Touffah in the 34th minute of play forced Hitchin's goalkeeper Talib Ghanim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qazim Qudamah in the 37th minute of play forced Yateley City's goalkeeper Rafe Jabbar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Hitchin's goal looked a bit too open when Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qadir came free, but Talib Ghanim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute, Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qadir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Yateley City's zone, Hamad Rashid stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rafe Jabbar came out of the goal and Hamad Rashid tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qadir made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Yateley City's zone, Hamad Rashid stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rafe Jabbar came out of the goal and Hamad Rashid tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ammar Abou Fakr received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Rafe Jabbar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Yateley City's Morad Azhar got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 68th match minute, Yateley City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Khaled Sajid to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Yateley City's zone, Masoud Abdul Qadir stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rafe Jabbar came out of the goal and Masoud Abdul Qadir tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Tamir Touffah fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Yateley City's protests and gave Tamir Touffah a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Yateley City's Tamir Touffah got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Talib Ghanim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Riad Budail, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Yateley City's Tamir Touffah got a free kick in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tamir Touffah in the 85th minute of play forced Hitchin's goalkeeper Talib Ghanim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Talib Ghanim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Riad Budail, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Yateley City's Tamir Touffah got a free kick in the 93rd minute. After 94 played minutes, Hitchin's Yousef Al Tayyib shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rafe Jabbar came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Hitchin reached it. Yateley City's Rafe Jabbar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Yateley City from getting a goal against them. Hitchin's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.