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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. Rafe Jabbar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bashar Al Azra in the 2nd minute of the match. Morad Azhar was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 3 minutes into the match. In the 4th minute, Morad Azhar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 5th minute of the match Bashar Al Azra sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rafe Jabbar skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Akram Munahid in the 12th minute of play forced Yateley City's goalkeeper Rafe Jabbar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yateley City's Rafe Jabbar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Miyaz in the 13th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Yateley City's Fadi Miyaz got a free kick in the 18th minute. Bashar Al Azra struck a weak shot in the 18th minute. Rafe Jabbar didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Líbano. 20 minutes into the game, Líbano's Ali Miyaz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rafe Jabbar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Akram Munahid in the 23rd minute of play forced Yateley City's goalkeeper Rafe Jabbar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Akram Munahid put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Rafe Jabbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bashar Al Azra in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rafe Jabbar saved Yateley City from getting behind. Dirar Rashid scored 0-3 in the 30th 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. In the 34th minute Dirar Rashid shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafe Jabbar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Yateley City's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bashar Al Azra was slow to take the kick. During this time Líbano's players had a chance to rest. 36 minutes into the match, Yateley City's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Miyaz came free, but Rafe Jabbar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nour al Din Hamid charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nour al Din Hamid the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Akram Munahid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dirar Rashid stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes of play, Líbano's Bashar Al Azra made it 0-4 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! In the 56th minute, Líbano's Dirar Rashid dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. 60 minutes into the match, Bashar Al Azra notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Yateley City's Rafe Jabbar. Rafe Jabbar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 66 minutes into the match, Lotfi El Makhtoub dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Rafe Jabbar, 0-8. In the 71st minute, Dirar Rashid reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rafe Jabbar. The goal made the score 0-9. A collision led to Líbano getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Mohammad Juwayn hit a great ball. Rafe Jabbar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lotfi El Makhtoub in the 76th minute. Rafe Jabbar was a little too slow when Dirar Rashid got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 76th minute. The score was now 0-10. The supporters of Líbano booed when Yateley City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nabil Khalif didn't get a good kick on the ball. Akram Munahid in the 84thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rafe Jabbar, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 86th minute, Líbano's Ali Miyaz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-12. With an all-out effort, Líbano's Rafe Jabbar threw himself towards the right post 90 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dirar Rashid, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Líbano's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.