League

Royal Oak Park
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sulaiman Abdul Hamid started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute of the match, Tareq Rajab got a very nice opportunity to score, but Mohammad Nadal was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Zakour Walif showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sulaiman Abdul Hamid, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After 18 minutes, Wassim Sadeq mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Royal Oak United and the CEDAR FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 21 minutes into the match, Zakariya Umayyah notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Royal Oak United's Zakour Walif. Zakour Walif was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Anwar Sabeeh's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zakour Walif was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Mohammad Nadal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tareq Rajab in the 28th minute. Mousa Kateb scored 0-3 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zakour Walif, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zakour Walif took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mousa Kateb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Royal Oak United's Zakour Walif played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amir Fudail in the 40th minute of play. After 42nd play minutes Mousa Kateb shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Zakour Walif and just under the crossbar into goal. Tareq Rajab blasted a shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mohammad Nadal having to make a save. After the first half CEDAR FC were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Wassim Sadeq to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, CEDAR FC's Ghazi Abdul Tawwab got a free kick in the 54th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tareq Rajab during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Royal Oak United's Tareq Rajab got a free kick in the 55th minute. Zakour Walif made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Ghazi Abdul Tawwab sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khaled Abdul Shakur in the 58th minute of play forced Royal Oak United's goalkeeper Zakour Walif to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zakariya Umayyah got free with Zakour Walif in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mousa Kateb could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Zakour Walif made a huge save. After 67 minutes of play, CEDAR FC's Zakariya Umayyah made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zakour Walif was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zakour Walif made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ghazi Abdul Tawwab in the 71st minute. Tareq Rajab received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Mohammad Nadal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Royal Oak United's Zakour Walif got control of the ball when Anwar Sabeeh tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mousa Kateb received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zakour Walif came out and tried to block the shot, but Mousa Kateb slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 80th minute. Anwar Sabeeh's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zakour Walif read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. Zakariya Umayyah received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zakour Walif came out and tried to block the shot, but Zakariya Umayyah slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 86th minute. Zakour Walif was a little too slow when Abdul Ghani Nadal got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 0-9. Sulaiman Abdul Hamid didn't have the luck on his side when he, from a short distance, got a opportunity for a shot on goal in the 94th minute. The shot missed the goal on the right side and Sulaiman Abdul Hamid ran dejectedly back to his position. The crowd rose to their feet as Sulaiman Abdul Hamid kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zakour Walif. That made the score 0-10 in the 96 minute of play. When the match was over CEDAR FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Royal Oak United throughout the match.