Ashbourne Stadium
Spectators: 7746 (Terracing: 5811,
Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abdul Halim Aban took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes, Lucjan Kaszubik mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC JaRo Team and the Líbano players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 4 played minutes FC JaRo Team got a freekick which was hit by Lucjan Kaszubik. In the 5th match minute, FC JaRo Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Jeziorkowski to maneuver through the defense. Líbano were awarded a corner in the 13th minute after FC JaRo Team's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Wassim Suoud took the corner. Bassam El Makhtoub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucjan Kaszubik in the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Wisniewski in the 17th minute of play forced Líbano's goalkeeper Bassam El Makhtoub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Líbano's Bassam El Makhtoub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Wisniewski in the 17th minute of play. Líbano's Bassam El Makhtoub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Wisniewski in the 17th minute of play. Naser Awat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Wojciech Madajczyk made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Damian Wisniewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bassam El Makhtoub was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. With a little luck, FC JaRo Team's Wojciech Madajczyk got control of the ball when Naser Awat tried to sneak it across the goal line. Przemyslaw Budzyn fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bassam El Makhtoub having to interfere. Bassam El Makhtoub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Wisniewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the game, Qazim Mujahid was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Líbano's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC JaRo Team the free kick. After a rather tough play, Líbano's Qazim Mujahid got a free kick in the 31st minute. Abdul Halim Aban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 42 minutes of play Líbano's Qazim Mujahid was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 43rd minute, Qazim Mujahid hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Robert Jeziorkowski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 44th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bassam El Makhtoub. Líbano's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Damian Wisniewski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Przemyslaw Budzyn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 54th match minute, Líbano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Naser Awat to maneuver through the defense. Wojciech Madajczyk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abdul Jabbar Yazan's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. In the 58thth minute of the game Przemyslaw Budzyn who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Líbano's Bassam El Makhtoub was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Abdul Jabbar Yazan fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Líbano's protests and gave Abdul Jabbar Yazan a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of FC JaRo Team booed when Líbano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdul Jabbar Yazan didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Abdul Jabbar Yazan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wajid Abdul Baqi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wojciech Madajczyk having to interfere. Líbano's Bassam El Makhtoub proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Líbano from getting a goal against them. In the 70th minute, Abdul Jabbar Yazan 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. After having played for 73 minutes, Wassim Suoud managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Líbano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wassim Suoud was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Líbano's Bassam El Makhtoub got control of the ball when Damian Wisniewski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bassam El Makhtoub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucjan Kaszubik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 82 minutes into the match, Líbano's Abdul Jabbar Yazan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wojciech Madajczyk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to FC JaRo Team getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Damian Wisniewski hit a great ball. In the 89th minute Wassim Suoud shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wojciech Madajczyk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Líbano manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing FC JaRo Team to win.
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