Viceroy
Cup 2001
Tadamoun Sour defeated Nejmeh [2-0] November
7, 2001
Tadamoun Sour qualified to the semi-finals
of Viceroy Cup 2001 after defeating Nejmeh [2-0] in the match
that took place on Wednesday November 7, 2001 5:45 p.m., Beirut
Sports City Stadium.
Tadamoun made a
praise worthy victory over Nejmeh, and polished the blurred
image the team appeared in during the Shabab Sahel match on last
Saturday. Tadamoun appeared rather in good shape, with organized
defense line led by the expert Korken Inkebarian, and the
midfield line witnessing a good effort from Nasrat El-Jamal who
might walking on the track of Rida Antar, moved to Hamburg FC of
Germany last summer to be the first Lebanese player in the
Bundesliga. Tadamoun scored an early goal on the 9th. minute by
Haitham Zein after a 1-2 with Nasrat El-Jamal that made him face
Nejmeh goal keeper, and implanted the ball in the net.
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Tadamoun players celebrating
a deserved victory
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On their side, Nejmeh team tried to re-enter into the match
after the early and unexpected goal, but the technical staff
calculations were up to something else, 4 players were out of
the formation Mohammad Halaweh, Zein El-Abedin Saad, Yahia
Hashem, & Abbas Shahrour, the scorer of the 2 goals during
the last match against Shabab Sahel suggesting an intended plan
not to exhaust the whole team having already secured the
qualification to the semi finals. For a while, this appeared to
be logical; However, the eye witness of the match can see that
even the other players were not up to the match events, and
appeared in very bad shape. This was clearly translated in the
way Sunday Oko converted Nasrat El-Jamal cross on the 58th.
minute inside his own target to offer Tadamoun Sour their second
goal, and to trigger the shouts of complaints at the thousands
of Nejmeh fans who felt angry at the The situation at their
favorite team. Nejmeh management and technical staff should add
some strength points to the squad in midfield, and forward, and
look for the weak points if they were still intending to bid for
the Viceroy Cup title in the short term, and the championship
afterward.
Tadamoun Sour squad: A. Khalifa (GK), I. El-Miri, K.
Inkebarian, A. Mteirek, Y. Hijazi, F. Antar [H. Nasrallah 85'],
N. El-Jamal, B. Hajo, N. Baalbaki, [Y. Baalbaki 67'], I. Manasri
[H. Hayek 89'], H. Zein.
Nejmeh squad: A. Tafeh (GK), M. Ibrahim, S. Oko, H. Daher
[M. Abouelewa 68'], R. Kobeissi [T. Hamwi 55'], H. Husseini, A.
Atoui, K. Hamieh, S. Abajian [I. Ghazal 57'], T. Kehian, B.
Fleifel.
Referees:
T. Najem
H. Akrabian
R. Tarazian
K. Shammouri
Bookings:
A. Mteirek YC 23'
B. Hajo YC 27'
R. Kobeissi YC 41'
F. Antar YC 45'
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