Nejmeh won the Lebanese Football Cup in the 2021-2022 season after beating Al Ansar 2-1 in the final match held at Fuad Shehab Stadium in Jounieh. The coach of the Al-Najma club, Tariq Jarayah, played the match in a 3-4-3 tactical scheme with the trio of Ali Aladdin, Omar Al-Kurdi and Khaled Al-Takji in the offensive line, and the coach of the Al-Ansar club, Abdullah Abu Zama, he played a 4-3-3 match with the trio of Ahmed Hegazy, Hassan Maatuk and Karim Darwish in the offensive line.

Calm start with equal control of the match

The start of the match was not offensive, as caution naturally prevailed with midfield play and timid attempts from both sides, but Karim Darwish’s shot was the most dangerous and went very close to Al-Najma’s goal, who sought to build play from behind and exchange short balls to Go into the last third of the match Al Ansar Stadium, on the other hand, tried to rely on Maatuk’s left moves and Nader Matar’s penetration from deep, but things didn’t work out. any new variable in terms of capabilities or network access.

Random game in attack and the star finished the first half with an advantage

Both teams’ offensive play was not organized as it seemed like the two teams’ play was controlled by chance and disorganized attempts were easy prey for the two teams’ defense, but Al-Najma had a relative advantage in light of good moves. through the sides and this allowed Ali Aladdin to score a progress goal for Al Najma Al Ansar tried to react but managed to keep the result until the end of the first half which ended with Al Najma leading 1-0.

Al-Ansar corrected the result, taking advantage of Aladdin’s injury

Between the two halves, Al Ansar’s manager took Ahmed Hegazy out and brought in Majed Othman from the right side, where Ansar’s play improved with Al Najma’s return to the defence, especially after the injury of Al Najma striker Ali Aladdin. , who was moving forward, but Khalil Badr came in his place and played with Al Najma coach’s fake striker Ghraiya, allowed Al Ansar to rise more and his defensive line became in the center of the field with a clear retreat behind Al Najma in the back, which allowed Al-Ansar defender Ishaka to level the score in the 61st minute with a long-range shot and make the score 1:1.

Jaraya corrected his mistake and his substitutions resulted in a goal to win the title.

The Al-Najma manager corrected his mistake and replaced Muhammad Ghaddar with Edmond Chehade to return to play with a fair edge and Mooney with Andrew Sawaya with Al-Kurdi returning to fullback and Mooney playing as a winger. Victory in the 84th minute.Although Al Ansar coach Abu Zama was eager to come back with Fayez Shamsin in place of Karim Darwish and Anas Abu Saleh in place of Shabriko, Al Najma was the organizer of the defense and faced Al Ansar’s shy attacks on the way back so that Al-Najma could maintain a 2-1 lead and finish the match with that result, clinching the Lebanese Cup title.