Mabarra Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Nath Steed's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ayman Azhar was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Wahid Umayyah charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wahid Umayyah the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Wahid Umayyah kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nath Steed in the 14th minute of play forced Al Mabarra Club's goalkeeper Ayman Azhar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Loyd Cummings received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Ayman Azhar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th match minute, Muswell Hill was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nath Steed to maneuver through the defense. Ayman Azhar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nath Steed, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Loyd Cummings managed to get in a good position for a shot. Muswell Hill's supporters rose to their feet, but Loyd Cummings was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ayman Azhar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 26th minute Loyd Cummings shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ayman Azhar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Loyd Cummings's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ayman Azhar was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. When Darryl Heath fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Muswell Hill's protests and gave Darryl Heath a yellow card for diving instead. Ayman Azhar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Loyd Cummings, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Jordan Bramhall fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Muswell Hill's protests and gave Jordan Bramhall a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Muswell Hill fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 39th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Edgar Vrânceanu, was totally fooled by Al Mabarra Club's Said Yazan, who 41 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After a rather tough play, Muswell Hill's Nath Steed got a free kick in the 45th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Loyd Cummings to strike the kick off in the second half. If Loyd Cummings had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 53rd minute, Loyd Cummings reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ayman Azhar. The goal made the score 1-1. Nath Steed got his second yellow card in the match during the 57th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Ayman Azhar was out of position in the 61 minute of play, and Loyd Cummings capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Loyd Cummings really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. After a rather tough play, Al Mabarra Club's Khalil Arif got a free kick in the 67th minute. A collision led to Muswell Hill getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Darryl Heath hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wahid Umayyah in the 71st minute of play forced Muswell Hill's goalkeeper Edgar Vrânceanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute Esam Abdul Jalil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgar Vrânceanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jordan Bramhall was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 74 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute, one of Muswell Hill:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Muswell Hill. Said Yazan did an outstanding performance 76 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 2-2 to the right of an irritated Edgar Vrânceanu in the goal. After a rather tough play, Muswell Hill's Vern Wadham got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Tom Whitmore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Ayman Azhar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, Al Mabarra Club's goal looked a bit too open when Lloyd Cartwright came free, but Ayman Azhar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esam Abdul Jalil in the 92nd minute of play forced Muswell Hill's goalkeeper Edgar Vrânceanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Al Mabarra Club's Badr Benjaro got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Edgar Vrânceanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Badr Benjaro in the 97th minute of play. Muswell Hill were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.
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