League

Great Ayton` Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Great Ayton`'s Ijaz Kurd started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Saqlain Salman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Shafqat Zahid tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Saqlain Salman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Shafqat Zahid tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 8 minutes, Ayub Raja mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Great Ayton` and the Navy FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th match minute, Great Ayton` was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ayub Raja to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute of the match Babar Qadri sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Shafqat Zahid skillfully saved the ball. Taha Khawaja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taha Jamal in the 12th minute of the match. After 15 played minutes Great Ayton` got a freekick which was hit by Ayub Raja. In the 16th minute, Saqlain Salman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Amjad Qureshi might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Taha Khawaja. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Amjad Qureshi ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ijaz Kurd in the 31st minute of play forced Navy FC's goalkeeper Taha Khawaja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saqlain Salman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 34th minute Khurram Lodhi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shafqat Zahid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ijaz Kurd sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Amjad Qureshi took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Taha Khawaja to make any attempt to save it. Ijaz Kurd fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taha Khawaja having to interfere. Amjad Qureshi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taha Khawaja having to interfere. Amjad Qureshi was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 46th minute. Great Ayton`'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Khurram Lodhi made the kick off in the second half. Khurram Lodhi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Khurram Lodhi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Navy FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Khurram Lodhi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Shafqat Zahid breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Khurram Lodhi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shafqat Zahid having to interfere. Saqlain Salman who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 58thth minute tested the skills of Shafqat Zahid when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Great Ayton`'s goalkeeper Shafqat Zahid, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ayub Raja got his second yellow card in the match during the 67th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, Great Ayton`'s Ayub Raja got a free kick in the 68th minute. With his leg Shafqat Zahid managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when Navy FC's Saqlain Salman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Amjad Qureshi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Taha Khawaja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Amjad Qureshi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rahman Gilani spun around in front of the goal 80 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Navy FC's goal. After 84 minutes of play, Great Ayton`'s Amjad Qureshi made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Taha Khawaja was left in no man's land by his defense there! Taha Khawaja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taha Jamal in the 90th minute of the match. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Navy FC's goalkeeper Taha Khawaja, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.