Friendly League

Ashbourne Stadium
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 盛世 高文竞 kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, 盛世 高文竞 notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Líbano's Falah Waddah. Falah Waddah was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. NFC Eagles 22's Ciccio Tacconi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dirar Rashid in the 6th minute of play. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Líbano's goalkeeper Falah Waddah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pepijn van Boxel's late challenge caught a Líbano's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pepijn van Boxel helped the player get up and apologised. Pepijn van Boxel hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Wajdi Abou Hafez from long distance, 21 minutes into the match, got Ciccio Tacconi's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The crowd rose to their feet as Dirar Rashid kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ciccio Tacconi. That made the score 1-1 in the 22 minute of play. NFC Eagles 22's Ciccio Tacconi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lotfi El Makhtoub in the 25th minute of play. NFC Eagles 22's Ciccio Tacconi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dirar Rashid in the 32nd minute of play. Líbano were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after NFC Eagles 22's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Bashar Al Azra took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Ali Miyaz managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 盛世 高文竞 took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Falah Waddah. Falah Waddah dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Líbano's Falah Waddah played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 盛世 高文竞 in the 38th minute of play. In the 41stth minute of the game 盛世 高文竞 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Líbano's Falah Waddah was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rawan Sariyah charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rawan Sariyah the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Líbano getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Rawan Sariyah hit a great ball. Ciccio Tacconi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Akram Munahid in the 44th minute. Ciccio Tacconi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dirar Rashid in the 46th minute of the match. After the first half NFC Eagles 22 were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dirar Rashid to make the kick off. After 54 played minutes NFC Eagles 22's 盛世 高文竞 stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Falah Waddah stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Líbano of the goal. In the 55th minute of the match NFC Eagles 22 got a corner. Líbano's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ted Jansen ran over to the corner to take the kick. Raymond Schouten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to NFC Eagles 22 getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Raymond Schouten hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, 盛世 高文竞 took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Falah Waddah to make any attempt to save it. 70 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's goal looked a bit too open when Bashar Al Azra came free, but Ciccio Tacconi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 71st minute 盛世 高文竞 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Falah Waddah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Líbano getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Rawan Sariyah hit a great ball. 73 minutes into the match, NFC Eagles 22's 盛世 高文竞 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Falah Waddah narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 77th minute, Rawan Sariyah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute of the match Líbano got a corner. NFC Eagles 22's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bashar Al Azra ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Líbano's Bashar Al Azra to fire away a dangerous shot which Ciccio Tacconi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 83 minutes of play, NFC Eagles 22's Raymond Schouten made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Falah Waddah was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ciccio Tacconi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Miyaz in the 86th minute of the match. Ciccio Tacconi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dirar Rashid, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The NFC Eagles 22 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.