League

Calne
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abbas Mamdouh took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Hafiz Abou Adal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yaser Zafir was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 16 minutes into the match, Calne City's goal looked a bit too open when Afşin Derem came free, but Yaser Zafir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Calne City's Yaser Zafir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afşin Derem in the 16th minute of play. After 18 played minutes Calne City got a freekick which was hit by Abdul Halim Romad. In the 19th minute Hafiz Abou Adal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yaser Zafir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Calne City's Abbas Mamdouh got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute Hisham Mumtaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yaser Zafir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hamzah Sariyah kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. If Afşin Derem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th match minute, Calne City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Qazim Muzzammil to maneuver through the defense. Afşin Derem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Yaser Zafir tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Calne City defense, Wakil Husam kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yaser Zafir. The Calne City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yaser Zafir should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Afşin Derem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yaser Zafir was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Yaser Zafir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afşin Derem in the 39th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the game, Mostafa Jabal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Yaser Zafir was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yaser Zafir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wakil Husam in the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Afşin Derem to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Wakil Husam notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Calne City's Yaser Zafir. Yaser Zafir was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Yaser Zafir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wakil Husam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute, Afşin Derem reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Yaser Zafir. The goal made the score 0-7. 70 minutes into the match, Calne City's goal looked a bit too open when Hisham Mumtaz came free, but Yaser Zafir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wakil Husam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yaser Zafir having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Atletico Beirut's Wakil Husam dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. Yaser Zafir made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Wakil Husam sent off a good shot on target. Afşin Derem could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Yaser Zafir made a huge save. 83 minutes into the match, Afşin Derem had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yaser Zafir. Calne City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Afşin Derem was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. In the 86th minute, Afşin Derem ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yaser Zafir was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-10. After 96 minutes of play, Atletico Beirut's Wakil Husam made it 0-12 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yaser Zafir was left in no man's land by his defense there! Atletico Beirut played a much better game than Calne City and deserved their victory. The Calne City players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.