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Swaffham Arena
Spectators: 9370 (Terracing: 7028, Seating: 2155, VIP seats: 187) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Amir Mirza made the kick off which started today's match. Thrybergh's Aslam Qadri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amir Mirza in the 4th minute of play. 9 minutes in the game, Amir Mirza fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Aslam Qadri having to interfere. Shoaib Bilawal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Aslam Qadri made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Thrybergh's Adeel Paracha got a free kick in the 12th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Shoaib Bilawal got free with Aslam Qadri in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Amir Mirza kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aslam Qadri. That made the score 1-0 in the 26 minute of play. After having played for 34 minutes, Ali Asad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Thrybergh's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ali Asad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Niaz Jamal might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Magno Clérigo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Niaz Jamal ran back to his position shaking his head. Ali Asad 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. Niaz Jamal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Thrybergh defense, Akif Saeed kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aslam Qadri. The Thrybergh fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aslam Qadri should have stopped the shot. If Niaz Jamal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Niaz Jamal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Magno Clérigo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ali Asad was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Swaffham United's Magno Clérigo got control of the ball when Ali Asad tried to sneak it across the goal line. Magno Clérigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Asad in the 57th minute of the match. A collision led to Swaffham United getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Akif Saeed hit a great ball. Niaz Jamal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Magno Clérigo having to interfere. In the 64th minute, Shoaib Bilawal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aslam Qadri was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shoaib Bilawal in the 67th minute of play forced Thrybergh's goalkeeper Aslam Qadri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute Ali Asad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Magno Clérigo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ali Asad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Magno Clérigo was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. In the 74th minute, Niaz Jamal reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Magno Clérigo. The goal made the score 3-2. Ali Asad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thrybergh's Aslam Qadri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amir Mirza in the 81st minute of play. After 82 played minutes Thrybergh got a freekick which was hit by Khurram Munir. Niaz Jamal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Magno Clérigo made a huge save. After having played for 96 minutes, Saad Naqvi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Swaffham United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Saad Naqvi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Swaffham United's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.