WoOoHoOOooO!! Jordan's Al-Faisali just beat Lebanon's Al-Najmah in the second leg of the Asian Federation Cup Final 3 - 2 in Beirut after having won the first leg match in Amman last week 1-0, bringing home the first-ever Asian trophy in the history of Jordanian football!
Beautiful match! Khaled Sa'ed was definitely the man. He scored Al-Faisali's first goal, before Moussa Hjeij equalized for Al-Najma from a penalty kick. Then Khaled returned in the second half to score again for Al-Faisali, and yet again it was Hjeij who scored the equalizer in the 73rd minute. That's when things started looking risky for Jordan, anything was possible... we were kept on our toes with high forward pressure from the lebanese and unfocused play from our side. Still the draw would've been enough for us to take home the cup, which might explain this laid-back performance... but the guys had their good moments and knew how to take advantage of the holes and mistakes in the lebanese defence, with Captain Hassouneh Al-Sheikh scoring a third goal and closing the match with pride and ecstacy.
It's during games like these that I miss our commentator Mohammad Al-M3aidi... I could just hear him yelling with all the excitement in the world "YAH YAH!! 7ilweh ya wlad... yalla ya wlad!! YAH 3alaik ya Khaled Sa3ed!!"
Victory is sweet :) I can hear the cars and cheers and honking outside right now... it's a night of celebration for Jordanians!
You gotta love football!
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