League

Croydon Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Falah Abou Fakr made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diya Muzzammil in the 3rd minute of play. A collision led to Red Star Beirut getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Bakri Rashid hit a great ball. Falah Abou Fakr showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diya Muzzammil, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 7 minutes into the game, Fouad Malik cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Falah Abou Fakr was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Croydon AFC booed when Red Star Beirut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bakkar Abdul Hakim didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ayoub Tayyib got free with Falah Abou Fakr in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bakri Rashid kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Fouad Malik could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Falah Abou Fakr made a huge save. In the 19th minute Diya Muzzammil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Falah Abou Fakr saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Croydon AFC booed when Red Star Beirut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yaser Basim didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the game, Diya Muzzammil recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Falah Abou Fakr. Diya Muzzammil showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. 27 minutes into the match, Anwar Hanif sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Falah Abou Fakr threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Anwar Hanif this time. In the 32nd minute, Diya Muzzammil reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Falah Abou Fakr. The goal made the score 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fouad Malik got free with Falah Abou Fakr in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diya Muzzammil in the 37th minute of play forced Red Star Beirut's goalkeeper Falah Abou Fakr to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Red Star Beirut's goalkeeper Falah Abou Fakr had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Moneer Aziz. Kamal Abdul Qadir kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Diya Muzzammil stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Falah Abou Fakr stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ayoub Tayyib's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Falah Abou Fakr showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diya Muzzammil in the 56th minute of the match. Red Star Beirut's Falah Abou Fakr played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diya Muzzammil in the 58th minute of play. Diya Muzzammil took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Falah Abou Fakr. Falah Abou Fakr dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Falah Abou Fakr showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diya Muzzammil, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Red Star Beirut's Falah Abou Fakr played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ubaid Basim in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diya Muzzammil in the 73rd minute of play forced Red Star Beirut's goalkeeper Falah Abou Fakr to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Fouad Malik notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Red Star Beirut's Falah Abou Fakr. Falah Abou Fakr was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Falah Abou Fakr showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diya Muzzammil in the 80th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Bakkar Abdul Hakim managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Star Beirut's supporters rose to their feet, but Bakkar Abdul Hakim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hamad Muwaffaq breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 83 minutes into the game, Ayoub Tayyib was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Croydon AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Star Beirut the free kick. In the 83rd match minute, Croydon AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ayoub Tayyib to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th minute, Diya Muzzammil ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Falah Abou Fakr was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. In the 90th minute, Moneer Aziz made a precise shot to the right of Falah Abou Fakr. Red Star Beirut's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. Fouad Malik kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match.