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Championship
2002-2003 Golden & Relegation Square Round 2 |
The Second round of the Relegation Square a win
for Ikhaa and Mabarrah
Two unimportant matches - which
didn't affect the standing in the Relegation Zone - were held
last Sunday; 22-06-2003. The first was at the Sports City
Stadium between Bourj and Mabarrah where the latter managed to
crush their opponnents 6-0. The second match was held at Jounie
Municipality Stadium where Ikhaa won over Salam 2-1.
Mabarrah vs. Bourj (6-0)
Mabbarah crushed Bourj 6-0 in
the match which was held at the Sports City Stadium with the
presence of few spectators. (First half: 4-0)
Mabarrah's players controlled
the field starting from the kick-off and they managed to play as
they wanted mainly because Bourj played with a youth formation
who managed to threaten Mabarrah's goalkeeper Naser el Masri who
managed to save all these threats in addition to Fadel el
Sayed's ball which was saved by the post.
As for the goals, Ali
Dabous openned the score sheet at the 11th minute when he got
the ball from Madio Konati and he played a volley to score the
openner. After three minutes, Dabous scored the second goal for
Mabarrah after he followed a free kick played by Jihad Sweidan.
The third goal came at the 17th minute when Hassan Nasr-Allah
was in a one-on-one dual with the keeper and he managed to
score. Two minutes before the end of the first half, Madio
Konati passes to Ahmed Taha who unleash a powerful shot 20
meters of the goal to score the fourth goal for his team. At the
58th minute, Ali Ahmed takes advantage of a cross to score the
fifth goal after he passed through the keeper and scored in the
empty goal. At the 87th minute, Ali Haidar scored the sixth and
the last goal for Mabarrah when he managed to shoot outside the
area where the keeper failed to handle it and the ball continued
to the goal to declare the closure of the score sheet.
Mohammad el Mawla refereed
the match and he was assissted by Samer el Masri and Ahmed Kawas. |
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Ikhaa vs. Salam (2-1)
At Jounie Municipality
Stadium Ikhaa achieved a 2-1 victory over Salam. (First half
1-1).
In such a regular and
unimportant match, both teams playing without excerting any
effort except for the three goals mainly because there was no
fighting spirit in all the players because the battle was over
in the relegation zone. Salam took the lead at the 30th minute
after Abd el Fatah abd el Samad sent a long ball towards Pierre
Boya who broke through the defence and shot the ball into the
goal before Ikhaa's keeper could make the move. Ten minutes
later, Ikhaa equalized when Luis Trantik headed a ball on the
left side of Ali Ibrahim's goal. Then Trantik scored the winner
for Ikhaa at the 55th minute after he sent a stunner that hit
the right post and entered the goal to declare the second goal
for Ikhaa.
The match was refereed by
Mohammad Mansour and he was assissted by Ali Uday and Zakaria el
Abed. |
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Olympic Beirut are Lebanon's
Champions
Olympic
Beirut made a historical achievement yesterday for the first
time in its history since its arrival to the first division last
year. The team claimed their first Lebanese Championship after
its 0-0 draw with Ahed. Therefore Olympic are now 4 points ahead
of its closest contenders; Nejmeh who won 1-0 in the old-rivals'
clash with Ansar. Olympic managed to get the title after the
great effort of the management and the players who crowned their
effort with the title and with their debut among the big clubs.
Olympic vs. Ahed (0-0)
At the Beirut Municipality
Stadium Olympic drew with Ahed in a goalless and normal match
especially at the first half with equal chances for both teams.
The best chance was for Mohammad Kassas at the 19th minute when
his header was cleared from the touch line by Ghulam Ghaader.
Ali el Attar missed in turn a great chance for Ahed after his
powerful shot hit the bar.
At the second half, the tempo was
quicker and there were alot of missing chances for both teams.
At the 70th minute, Abbas Atwi's great shot was saved by Amino
Ali before heading to the goal. Two minutes later, Silvio Costa
missed a valuable chance to score when he played an easy ball
above the goal while Ahed also missed two valuable chance. The
first was at the 80th minute when Olympic's goalkeeper; Ahmed el
Saker made a great save and cleard Ghulam Ghaader's masterful
shot and the second when Uday el Attar played the ball without
concentration above the bar.
Olympic: Ahmed el Saker,
Marsillio Silva, Yussof Mohammed, Mohammed Rida, Husein Rida,
Yussof Baalbaki, Nabil Baalbaki, Abbas Atwi, Husein Oleik,
Mohammad Kassas and Silvio Costa (Edilson).
AhedL Bilal Hashem, Ali el Attar
(Ahmed Trad), Hassan Mizher, Amino Ali, Abbas Kinaan, Basem
Marmar, Uday el Attar, Ghulam Ghaader, Isam Ayoub (Yussof Farhat),
Abu Baker Bah and Ahmed Itani. |
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Nejmeh vs. Ansar (1-0)
At
the Sports City Stadium, the old-rivals' clash between Nejmeh
and Ansar finished in favor of Nejmeh.
Nejmeh presented a big and quick
game where they controlled the field through wings and one the
crosses of Abbas Atwi found the header of Mohammad Ghaddar who
scored the only goal of the match. On the other side, Ansar
played a good game but their strikers failed to threat Nejmeh's
keeper Haitham Badder except for some chances which Peter
Prospar failed to finish, or the keeper saved without having the
chance to score.
Nejmeh: Haitham Badder, Husein Daher, Mahmoud Karnib (Ranny
Asaad), Mohammad Ibrahim, Khaled Hamiyeh, Abbas Atwi, Ahmed
Kubeisi, Jilberto, Said Abboushi and Mohammad Ghaddar.
Ansar: Ziad el Samad, Mohammad
Shahrour, Rabie' Esper, Sami el Choum (Hamza el Mazri), Haidar
Abd el Razaq, Abbas Saleh, Malek Hassoun, Ahmed el Choum (Danny
Nahleh), Mohammad Jawad, Shaddi el Shami and Peter Prospar. |
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Editor: Fadi Semaan, Mohamad Hallal
Photos: Adnan Hajj Ali, Fadi Asaad |
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