League

Hook Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abdul Jabbar Abdul Tawwab started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hassan Abou Fakr in the 3rd minute of play forced Hook's goalkeeper Nour Thawban to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute, Zakariya Abdul Nasser hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nour Thawban took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nazim Maalem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute, Rami Muzaffar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 17 minutes into the match, Hassan Abou Fakr had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nour Thawban. Hook's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hassan Abou Fakr was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 23rd minute, Nazim Maalem ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nour Thawban was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After 29 played minutes Norbury United got a freekick which was hit by Mahdi Dajaj. 34 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Hook's Abdul Jabbar Abdul Tawwab fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Ramez Rajab hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. If Yamen Abou Jisser had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zakariya Abdul Nasser kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Nour al Din Abou Zaki charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nour al Din Abou Zaki the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Norbury United's Nour al Din Abou Zaki got a free kick in the 41st minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hassan Abou Fakr to strike the kick off in the second half. Rami Muzaffar kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. 53 minutes into the game, Norbury United's Hassan Abou Fakr nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nour Thawban made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Nour Thawban took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nour al Din Abou Zaki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute, Nazim Maalem ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nour Thawban was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Nour Thawban made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mahdi Fawaz in the 63rd minute of play. Nour Thawban made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hassan Abou Fakr in the 64th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Nour al Din Abou Zaki notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Hook's Nour Thawban. Nour Thawban was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ramez Rajab hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Norbury United's Uthman Sabeeh tried to score from far away in the 71st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 77th minute, Hassan Abou Fakr reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nour Thawban. The goal made the score 0-6. Habib Al Harith took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yamen Abou Jisser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yousef Benjaro got free with Nour Thawban in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nour Thawban made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Nour al Din Abou Zaki sent off a good shot on target. 91 minutes into the match, Hook's goalkeeper Nour Thawban had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yousef Benjaro. Norbury United's Habib Al Harith played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wasil Idris in the 95th minute of play. Norbury United'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.