League Play-Off

Yeadon Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mohammad Akram started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Adel Umayyah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jibril Abdul Shakur in the 3rd minute of the match. Shafiq Adib fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adel Umayyah having to interfere. In the 8th minute of the match Abbas Badoume shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Adel Umayyah showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ali Shaker hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Shafiq Adib received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Adel Umayyah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Samir Al Badoum lost his temper 19 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Lebanon:s Adel Umayyah showed great skill when he stopped Abbas Badoume:s penalty. Adel Umayyah came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Yeadon AFC's Abbas Badoume. But to his dismay, Abbas Badoume quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 26th minute, Hamdi Zidan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dawoud Nijad was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Hadi Al Azka charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hadi Al Azka the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 32nd minute, Hadi Al Azka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute, Hamdi Zidan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dawoud Nijad was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 36 minutes into the match, Lebanon's goalkeeper Adel Umayyah had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hadi Al Azka. Hadi Al Azka scored 2-2 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adel Umayyah, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 40th minute, Hamdi Zidan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lebanon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-3 lead.

After having played for 53 minutes, Jibril Abdul Shakur managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Yeadon AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jibril Abdul Shakur was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 56 minutes into the match, Lebanon's goal looked a bit too open when Jibril Abdul Shakur came free, but Adel Umayyah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hamdi Zidan got free with Dawoud Nijad in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Hamdi Zidan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shafiq Adib in the 72nd minute of play forced Lebanon's goalkeeper Adel Umayyah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Shafiq Adib came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Yeadon AFC 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 Shafiq Adib couldn't finish the play. In the 78th match minute, Lebanon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Azmi Yaseen to maneuver through the defense. Hamdi Zidan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Shafiq Adib fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adel Umayyah having to interfere. Dawoud Nijad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hamdi Zidan in the 91st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hamdi Zidan got free with Dawoud Nijad in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.