Saturday, the 28th of September 2019, 16:00 local time (13:00 UTC), Saida International Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon, the second round of the Lebanese Premier League.
Bourj FC have a perfect start of the season, two wins in the first two matches, without conceding one goal, and the provisional first position in the table. Their "home" game in the second round was oddly scheduled at Saida International Stadium, far from the home town of both teams, Bourj el-Barajneh. Therefore, only some of the fans could attend to such a tremendous local derby, but even so, there were around 1500 spectators at the match.
Both teams, Bourj FC and Shabab El Bourj, are newly-promoted to the Lebanese Premier League, but they started very well, winning in the first round. However, Bourj FC were better than their local rivals in the Second Division, as they finished top of the league, and it seems that the same holds true in the Premier League. Bourj FC dominated most of the game, had the biggest chances and eventually won deservedly.
Bourj FC starting XI against Shabab El Bourj. Source: elmaestrosport.com
In the first half, Bourj FC could have scored from the penalty spot, awarded after a foul of Mohammed Moussawi on Mohammed Jaafar. However, Mohammed Qassem's shot hit the side bar and went off (23'). Stephen Sarfo also had a couple of good chances but missed.
In the second half, Bourj FC increased their pressure and eventually scored. Hamza Abboud executed a free kick from the right side, the ball was sent in the box, where Stephen Sarfo passed back to Mohammed Jaafar, alone at the edge of the box, and his right-footed shot netted in the ball in the upper left corner: 1-0 (60').
Shabab El Bourj tried to come back in the game, but in the final minutes Bourj FC doubled their advantage, after another cross by Hamza Abboud, this time from a corner kick, netted directly by Stephen Sarfo with a beautiful strike: 2-0 (84').
Bourj FC: Abdul Karim Saleh - Hamza Abboud, Ahmed Al-Khatib, Malik Ismaila Antiri, Walid Ismail - Mohammed Qassem, Hussein Ibrahim - Mohammed Jaafar (Ibrahim Abou Hamdan 77'), Thiago do Amaral (Mohammed Al-Durr 90'+4'), Hussein Al-Outa (Mohammed Al-Merkabawi 70') - Stephen Sarfo. Head coach: Mohammad Dakka.
Shabab El Bourj: Nemer Lahoud - Mohammed Moussaoui (Mohammed Harb 66'), Ala Hamyeh, Hassan Hazima, Amir Al Hassri - Youssef Atriss (Ahmed Obeid 55'), Augustino Sa, Claudio Maalouf, Ali Bazi - Christ Remi, Sadek Adams. Head coach: Ibrahim Itani.
Referee: Hussein Abou Yahya.
Yellow cards: Mohammed Al-Merkabawi 90'+2' - Ali Bazi 63'.
The match was broadcasted live by MTV Lebanon by means of several media channels, including YouTube.
Bourj FC are provisional leaders of the Lebanese Premier League with 6 points and 3-0 goal difference, above Nejmeh which have the same number of points but 3-1 goal difference. The two teams should have played against each other the next week in round 3, but the game was postponed for December. Then there will be a break caused by the matches of the national teams, so Bourj FC will play their next official game only in the second half of October.
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