Official Cup

Muswell Hill
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Mario Pochekanski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Golden Tigers's Ara Simonyan got a free kick in the 7th minute. Florencio Harri shot from long distance in the 7th minute, but Marian Oelke was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. Farid Ayham made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Pochekanski in the 13th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mario Pochekanski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Farid Ayham was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. If Khalel Al Motar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Atletico Beirut's Farid Ayham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Pochekanski in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 何文震 in the 31st minute of play forced Atletico Beirut's goalkeeper Farid Ayham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marian Oelke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florencio Harri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Golden Tigers getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Nicolae Răducanu hit a great ball. 39 minutes into the match, Mario Pochekanski notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Atletico Beirut's Farid Ayham. Farid Ayham was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Golden Tigers's Marian Oelke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elias Olbrechts in the 45th minute of play. 47 minutes had been played when some careless play by Atletico Beirut's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 何文震 was slow to take the kick. During this time Golden Tigers's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Golden Tigers's 何文震 to fire away a dangerous shot which Farid Ayham despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Florencio Harri stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Golden Tigers's Marian Oelke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Erdem Tekinsoy in the 51st minute of play. 53 minutes into the match, Atletico Beirut's goalkeeper Farid Ayham had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 何文震. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Erdem Tekinsoy in the 56th minute of play forced Golden Tigers's goalkeeper Marian Oelke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute Atletico Beirut were awarded a corner. Florencio Harri went to the cornerflag to take it. At last the ball reached Elias Olbrechts at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Golden Tigers. 2-1. In the 60th minute, Darweesh Al Matrok 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. The audience was convinced that Elias Olbrechts's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marian Oelke was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. In the 67th minute Ali Erdem Tekinsoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marian Oelke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Darweesh Al Matrok sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalel Al Motar in the 78th minute of play forced Atletico Beirut's goalkeeper Farid Ayham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Farid Ayham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalel Al Motar, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Khalel Al Motar hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. In the 88th 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. In the 94thth minute of the game Ali Erdem Tekinsoy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Golden Tigers's Marian Oelke was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Atletico Beirut's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.