League

Hinckley
Spectators: 9352 (Terracing: 7015, Seating: 2151, VIP seats: 186) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mahmood ul-Hassan took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Kamran Zubair shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Imran Mukhtar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saeed Mannan in the 6th minute of play forced Hinckley's goalkeeper Imran Mukhtar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Saeed Mannan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Azhar Khan hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Mahmood ul-Hassan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Shafeeq Ijaz was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. After 16 played minutes Alcester United got a freekick which was hit by Khurram Iqbal. After 17 played minutes Hinckley got a freekick which was hit by Mahmood ul-Hassan. A hard shot by Sami Usmani from long distance, 19 minutes into the match, got Shafeeq Ijaz's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Tayyab Fida managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hinckley's supporters rose to their feet, but Tayyab Fida was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Shafeeq Ijaz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tayyab Fida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shafeeq Ijaz having to interfere. Mahmood ul-Hassan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 38thth minute, Shafeeq Ijaz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tayyab Fida in the 42nd minute of play forced Alcester United's goalkeeper Shafeeq Ijaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saeed Mannan in the 45th minute of play forced Hinckley's goalkeeper Imran Mukhtar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mahmood ul-Hassan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Saeed Mannan to strike the kick off in the second half. Imran Mukhtar had in the 53rdth minute some difficulties stopping Waqas Faisal's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The supporters of Hinckley booed when Alcester United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Khurram Iqbal didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 63rd play minute Kamran Zubair came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Imran Mukhtar. 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yasir Barlas in the 69th minute of play forced Alcester United's goalkeeper Shafeeq Ijaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shafeeq Ijaz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tayyab Fida went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Adeel Khawaja's late challenge caught a Alcester United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adeel Khawaja helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Hinckley's Adeel Khawaja got a free kick in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saeed Mannan in the 85th minute of play forced Hinckley's goalkeeper Imran Mukhtar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Alcester United's zone, Mahmood ul-Hassan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Shafeeq Ijaz came out of the goal and Mahmood ul-Hassan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tayyab Fida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.