League

Norbury Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Florencio Harri took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 7 played minutes Norbury United got a freekick which was hit by Mahdi Fawaz. Habib Al Harith showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yin Bing in the 8th minute of the match. Hassan Abou Fakr kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After having played for 11 minutes, Elias Olbrechts managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Atletico Beirut's supporters crossed their fingers, but Elias Olbrechts was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nour al Din Abou Zaki kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Atletico Beirut's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Uthman Sabeeh was slow to take the kick. During this time Norbury United's players had a chance to rest. Farid Ayham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hassan Abou Fakr, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atletico Beirut were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Norbury United's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Florencio Harri took the corner. Atletico Beirut's Yin Bing was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Habib Al Harith in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 24 minutes into the game, Florencio Harri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Habib Al Harith was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Yin Bing took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Habib Al Harith. Habib Al Harith dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Habib Al Harith didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Florencio Harri went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 40th minute Ali Erdem Tekinsoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Habib Al Harith saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elias Olbrechts fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Habib Al Harith having to interfere.

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. Atletico Beirut's Yin Bing was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 52nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Habib Al Harith stood somewhat misplaced when Florencio Harri came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 56 minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Erdem Tekinsoy in the 59th minute of play forced Norbury United's goalkeeper Habib Al Harith to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Habib Al Harith took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yin Bing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Florencio Harri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69th minute, Arif Egemen Karaca got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With a little luck, Norbury United's Habib Al Harith got control of the ball when Florencio Harri tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 75th match minute, Norbury United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Azmi Tawfiq to maneuver through the defense. Florencio Harri came free with the goalkeeper in the 77th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Habib Al Harith could save by the left post. Nazmi Arif hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florencio Harri in the 81st minute of play forced Norbury United's goalkeeper Habib Al Harith to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute Ali Erdem Tekinsoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Habib Al Harith saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Farid Ayham stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nazim Maalem's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Yin Bing kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Habib Al Harith. That made the score 0-6 in the 88 minute of play. When the match was over Atletico Beirut could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Norbury United throughout the match.