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Yateley Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qadir made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Norbury United getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Yousef Benjaro hit a great ball. Yehia El Askar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hassan Abou Fakr scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rafe Jabbar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Norbury United's defense didn't have a chance, in the 14th minute, when Riad Budail scored to the left of an out of position Habib Al Harith, making the score, 1-1. In the 17th minute, Riad Budail hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 23 minutes into the match, Yateley City's goal looked a bit too open when Nour al Din Abou Zaki came free, but Rafe Jabbar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 25 minutes of play, Norbury United's Nour al Din Abou Zaki made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafe Jabbar was left in no man's land by his defense there! Habib Al Harith showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yehia El Askar in the 28th minute of the match. Rafe Jabbar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nazim Maalem went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Nour al Din Abou Zaki recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qadir's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Habib Al Harith was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Yehia El Askar hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hassan Abou Fakr was the one to do the kick off. After 50 played minutes Yateley City got a freekick which was hit by Yehia El Askar. In the 51st minute, Hassan Abou Fakr left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Norbury United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Uthman Sabeeh kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Norbury United defense, Riad Budail kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Habib Al Harith. The Norbury United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Habib Al Harith should have stopped the shot. Habib Al Harith showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tamir Touffah, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qadir had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Habib Al Harith. Norbury United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qadir was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-4. Tamir Touffah's late challenge caught a Norbury United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tamir Touffah helped the player get up and apologised. Tamir Touffah hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Rafe Jabbar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nazim Maalem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 4-4 when Riad Budail sped through Norbury United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Habib Al Harith. Rafe Jabbar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nazim Maalem in the 82nd minute of the match. Hassan Abou Fakr blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rafe Jabbar having to make a save. When Riad Budail came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Yateley City fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Riad Budail couldn't finish the play. 88 minutes into the game, Abdul Jabbar Abdul Qadir cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-4. Habib Al Harith was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Yateley City getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Yehia El Askar hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Yateley City had won after a very even match.