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Tyre Stadium
Spectators: 10871 (Terracing: 8154, Seating: 2500, VIP seats: 217) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Wasil Walif made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Qazim Qudamah made a precise shot to the right of Thawab Rihad. Tyre Football Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Anwar Ghanim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thawab Rihad was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. After 9 played minutes Tyre Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Jamal Abdul Basir. Thawab Rihad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anwar Ghanim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 13 minutes of play, Hitchin's Masoud Abdul Qadir made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thawab Rihad was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th minute, Qazim Qudamah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 22nd minute, Jamal Abdul Basir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 25 minutes into the game, Hitchin's Qazim Qudamah nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Thawab Rihad made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Thawab Rihad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Masoud Abdul Qadir, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Masoud Abdul Qadir had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thawab Rihad. Tyre Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Masoud Abdul Qadir was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Thawab Rihad 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 38th minute. Qazim Qudamah scored 0-6 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thawab Rihad, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anwar Ghanim in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thawab Rihad saved Tyre Football Club from getting behind. Thawab Rihad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Masoud Abdul Qadir in the 45th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the game, Anwar Ghanim cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Thawab Rihad was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Masoud Abdul Qadir to strike the kick off in the second half. Thawab Rihad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Masoud Abdul Qadir in the 53rd minute of the match. A collision led to Tyre Football Club getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Hamodi Mashrouf hit a great ball. Nazim Mammar Chaouche charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nazim Mammar Chaouche the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 54 played minutes Tyre Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Nazim Mammar Chaouche. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 0-9 when Qazim Qudamah sped through Tyre Football Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Thawab Rihad. After a rather tough play, Tyre Football Club's Wasil Walif got a free kick in the 74th minute. Masoud Abdul Qadir took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Thawab Rihad. Thawab Rihad dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. Thawab Rihad 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 84th minute. Qazim Qudamah could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Thawab Rihad made a huge save. Yasin Zahid kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. 92 minutes into the game, Masoud Abdul Qadir cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-13. Thawab Rihad was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Hitchin's Masoud Abdul Qadir slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Thawab Rihad. That made the score 0-14 after 98 minutes of play. When the match was over Hitchin could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Tyre Football Club throughout the match.