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Match Report
Palmers Green
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Mansour Boften started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Sameer Jiragh stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mansour Boften's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, Dunston's Basel Al Asuosi got a free kick in the 9th minute. Mansour Boften received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Sameer Jiragh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, Aws Al Sohali dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Msaed Khaja, 1-0. Sameer Jiragh didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mansour Boften went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Dunston's defense didn't have a chance, in the 25th minute, when Aws Al Sohali scored to the left of an out of position Msaed Khaja, making the score, 2-1. Dunston's Ayman Al Hashash got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Basel Al Asuosi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Sameer Jiragh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, Dunston's Mansour Boften sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sameer Jiragh narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Dunston getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Mansour Boften hit a great ball. The Palmers Green fans' excitement grew in the 43rd match minute when Palmers Green's Aws Al Sohali looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aws Al Sohali made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Dunston's goal looked a bit too open when Aws Al Sohali came free, but Msaed Khaja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shabeb Al Jarah in the 54th minute of play forced Dunston's goalkeeper Msaed Khaja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Msaed Khaja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aws Al Sohali in the 59th minute of the match. If Aws Al Sohali had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 64 minutes of play, Palmers Green's Aws Al Sohali made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Msaed Khaja was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dunston's goalkeeper Msaed Khaja, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Basem Al Mahmed kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Shabeb Al Jarah's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Msaed Khaja read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. If Aws Al Sohali had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sameer Jiragh came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Dunston's Mansour Boften. But to his dismay, Mansour Boften quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Mansour Boften fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sameer Jiragh having to interfere. The supporters of Palmers Green booed when Dunston was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mahmoud Al Kandere didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sameer Jiragh made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Ayman Al Hashash sent off a good shot on target. When Ayman Al Hashash came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Dunston 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 Ayman Al Hashash couldn't finish the play. Msaed Khaja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shabeb Al Jarah, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Palmers Green's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.
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