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Quaid-e-Azam Ground
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bernardo Soares made the kick off which started today's match. In the 9th minute, Arshad Niazi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Muslim FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Arshad Niazi put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Razi Mirza. After 27 minutes of play, Muslim FC's Bernardo Soares made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Razi Mirza was left in no man's land by his defense there! Razi Mirza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Soares in the 30th minute of play. If Zaib Khan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arshad Niazi might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Razi Mirza. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arshad Niazi ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 35th minute Arshad Niazi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Razi Mirza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Bernardo Soares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 41st minute Arshad Niazi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Razi Mirza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Islamabad Royals's goalkeeper Razi Mirza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Arshad Niazi took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Razi Mirza. Razi Mirza dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zaib Khan to strike the kick off in the second half. Razi Mirza made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Arshad Niazi sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Razi Mirza managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Muslim FC's Arshad Niazi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience was convinced that Arshad Niazi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Razi Mirza was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Zaib Khan kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Arshad Niazi made a precise shot to the right of Razi Mirza. Islamabad Royals's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. If Bernardo Soares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Razi Mirza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raimonds Plors in the 76th minute of the match. Islamabad Royals's defense didn't have a chance, in the 78th minute, when Arshad Niazi scored to the left of an out of position Razi Mirza, making the score, 0-9. Muslim FC made a substitution. Mir Khalid replaced Atilano Leguizamón. 82 minutes into the match, Arshad Niazi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Razi Mirza. Islamabad Royals's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arshad Niazi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. Arshad Niazi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Razi Mirza having to interfere. Bobbi Bengstrøm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atif Azhar in the 97th minute of the match. Muslim FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.