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Muswell Hill
Spectators: 10897 (Terracing: 8174, Seating: 2506, VIP seats: 217) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Florencio Harri made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute, Florencio Harri reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hamad Muwaffaq. The goal made the score 2-0. A collision led to Croydon AFC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Tahir Razin hit a great ball. Atletico Beirut's Ali Erdem Tekinsoy was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 11th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Atletico Beirut's Florencio Harri slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hamad Muwaffaq. That made the score 4-0 after 17 minutes of play. Ali Erdem Tekinsoy struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Hamad Muwaffaq didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Atletico Beirut. Atletico Beirut's attack was well implemented in the 22nd minute, but when Florencio Harri was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Hamad Muwaffaq showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Erdem Tekinsoy in the 24th minute of the match. Hamad Muwaffaq didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Florencio Harri went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. 28 minutes into the game, Yaman Imad was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Croydon AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Atletico Beirut the free kick. In the 28th match minute, Croydon AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yaman Imad to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute of the match Florencio Harri shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hamad Muwaffaq showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 33 played minutes Croydon AFC got a freekick which was hit by Asad Azhar. 35 minutes into the match, Croydon AFC's goalkeeper Hamad Muwaffaq had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florencio Harri. When Ali Erdem Tekinsoy came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Atletico Beirut fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ali Erdem Tekinsoy couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Elias Olbrechts took a quick shot and it went in 7-0 without a chance for Hamad Muwaffaq to make any attempt to save it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Florencio Harri in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hamad Muwaffaq saved Croydon AFC from getting behind. Af the end of the first half the score was 7-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Diya Muzzammil made the kick off in the second half. Atletico Beirut's Farid Ayham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diya Muzzammil in the 53rd minute of play. Ubaid Basim kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Hamad Muwaffaq took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Erdem Tekinsoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Croydon AFC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Moneer Aziz hit a great ball. Yin Bing fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamad Muwaffaq having to interfere. Hamad Muwaffaq made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elias Olbrechts in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Croydon AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Florencio Harri was slow to take the kick. During this time Atletico Beirut's players had a chance to rest. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elias Olbrechts in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hamad Muwaffaq saved Croydon AFC from getting behind. Elias Olbrechts scored 8-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hamad Muwaffaq, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hamad Muwaffaq took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Erdem Tekinsoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 74 minutes, Florencio Harri made it 9-0 with a short kick to the right side. Croydon AFC's Hamad Muwaffaq tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 10-0 when Florencio Harri sped through Croydon AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hamad Muwaffaq. Croydon AFC's Hamad Muwaffaq played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elias Olbrechts in the 83rd minute of play. Asad Azhar kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Ali Erdem Tekinsoy 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. Ali Erdem Tekinsoy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Hamad Muwaffaq tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hamad Muwaffaq made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florencio Harri in the 95th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Atletico Beirut had played much better football throughout.