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Ashbourne Stadium
Spectators: 10999 (Terracing: 8250, Seating: 2530, VIP seats: 219) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abbas Mamdouh during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Calne City's Abbas Mamdouh got a free kick in the 2nd minute. With a little luck, Calne City's Yaser Zafir got control of the ball when Akram Munahid tried to sneak it across the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Calne City's goal looked a bit too open when Bashar Al Azra came free, but Yaser Zafir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute, Dirar Rashid left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Líbano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Fattah Abou Hafez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Calne City getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Hamzah Sariyah hit a great ball. In the 21st minute Dirar Rashid shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yaser Zafir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yaser Zafir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Miyaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yaser Zafir made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Akram Munahid sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Akram Munahid got free with Yaser Zafir in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yaser Zafir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dirar Rashid in the 29th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Dirar Rashid had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yaser Zafir. Calne City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dirar Rashid was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Yaser Zafir didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dirar Rashid went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Calne City's Yaser Zafir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dirar Rashid in the 45th minute of play. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abbas Mamdouh to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Líbano's Bashar Al Azra got a free kick in the 52nd minute. 54 minutes into the game, Dirar Rashid cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Yaser Zafir was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 57th minute Bashar Al Azra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yaser Zafir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bashar Al Azra in the 60th minute of play forced Calne City's goalkeeper Yaser Zafir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dirar Rashid scored 5-0 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yaser Zafir, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 67 minutes into the game, Dirar Rashid cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Yaser Zafir was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 70 minutes into the match, Akram Munahid had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yaser Zafir. Calne City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Akram Munahid was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. A collision led to Líbano getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Lotfi El Makhtoub hit a great ball. Calne City's Yaser Zafir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bashar Al Azra in the 76th minute of play. Yaser Zafir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bashar Al Azra in the 78th minute of play. Yaser Zafir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akram Munahid, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Yaser Zafir didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bashar Al Azra went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Calne City's goalkeeper Yaser Zafir, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nouh Ramiz's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Hisham Abdul Nasser firmly grabbed it by the left post. Calne City's Yaser Zafir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bashar Al Azra in the 88th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Calne City's Abbas Mamdouh got a free kick in the 89th minute. After a rather tough play, Líbano's Yousri Akram got a free kick in the 95th minute.