Official Cup

Ashbourne Stadium
Spectators: 209 (Terracing: 157, Seating: 48, VIP seats: 4) Galatasaray SK's Cristiano Hagi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the match, Anders Målare notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Líbano's Hisham Abdul Nasser. Hisham Abdul Nasser was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Líbano's Hisham Abdul Nasser played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Hagi in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Galatasaray SK's Anders Målare got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 10th minute Líbano were awarded a corner. Bashar Al Azra went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Líbano's corner Bashar Al Azra fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Latif Al Fakir quite easily take care of the ball. In the 12th minute, Líbano's Dirar Rashid ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Latif Al Fakir. Latif Al Fakir yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. With a little luck, Galatasaray SK's Latif Al Fakir got control of the ball when Akram Munahid tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dirar Rashid in the 21st minute of play forced Galatasaray SK's goalkeeper Latif Al Fakir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Galatasaray SK getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Aleksey Martynov hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Galatasaray SK's zone, Bashar Al Azra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Latif Al Fakir came out of the goal and Bashar Al Azra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eric Oltean in the 26th minute of play forced Líbano's goalkeeper Hisham Abdul Nasser to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute, Aleksandr Kalashnikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nour al Din Hamid kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Mohammad Juwayn kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. After 33 minutes of play, Líbano's Bashar Al Azra made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Latif Al Fakir was left in no man's land by his defense there! Galatasaray SK's Latif Al Fakir proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Galatasaray SK from getting a goal against them. Hisham Abdul Nasser took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anders Målare, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 43 played minutes Galatasaray SK got a freekick which was hit by Valeriy Chernetsov. Latif Al Fakir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bashar Al Azra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Latif Al Fakir made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Akram Munahid sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dirar Rashid in the 47th minute of play forced Galatasaray SK's goalkeeper Latif Al Fakir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Akram Munahid fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Latif Al Fakir having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Miyaz in the 53rd minute of play forced Galatasaray SK's goalkeeper Latif Al Fakir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Galatasaray SK's Valeriy Chernetsov got a free kick in the 54th minute. Bashar Al Azra might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Latif Al Fakir. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bashar Al Azra ran back to his position shaking his head. 54 minutes into the match, Galatasaray SK's goal looked a bit too open when Bashar Al Azra came free, but Latif Al Fakir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 58 played minutes Galatasaray SK got a freekick which was hit by Yiğit Özdoğru. Líbano's Akram Munahid got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 63rd minute of the match Bashar Al Azra shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Latif Al Fakir showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 64 minutes into the game, Cristiano Hagi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Hisham Abdul Nasser was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eric Oltean got free with Hisham Abdul Nasser in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71st minute Bashar Al Azra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Latif Al Fakir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eric Oltean got free with Hisham Abdul Nasser in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 75th minute Bashar Al Azra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Latif Al Fakir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Galatasaray SK's Latif Al Fakir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lotfi El Makhtoub in the 78th minute of play. Latif Al Fakir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dirar Rashid, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute Dirar Rashid shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Latif Al Fakir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute Dirar Rashid shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Latif Al Fakir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Latif Al Fakir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Akram Munahid in the 87th minute of the match. Latif Al Fakir came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Líbano's Bashar Al Azra. But to his dismay, Bashar Al Azra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Galatasaray SK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Valeriy Chernetsov in the 95th minute. After taking down the ball on Galatasaray SK's corner Valeriy Chernetsov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Hisham Abdul Nasser quite easily take care of the ball. The Líbano players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.