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The '''[[1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match]]''' took place on 27&nbsp;April 1940 at the [[Maccabiah Stadium]] in [[Tel Aviv]]. Officiated by [[John Blackwell (referee)|John Blackwell]] of the [[British Army]], the game was watched by around<!-- conform with article body --> 10,000 spectators and ended in a {{nowrap|5–1}} victory for [[Mandatory Palestine national football team|Mandatory Palestine]]<!-- Reword "the home side" for clarity and avoidance of "elegant variation" -->. The victors scored in the second minute<!-- removed "of the game" to conform with character limit -->, doubled<!-- using the present participle here may suggest that the goal in the second minute had doubled their lead --> their lead nine<!-- conform with article body, which states that the second goal was scored in the eleventh minute --> minutes later with a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]], and led the match {{nowrap|4–0}} at halftime. This was [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]]'s<!-- changed link text, as linking only a country's name, when the name is being used metonymically to refer to one of the country's sports teams, is common practice in tfa blurbs --> first official international match, and in the second half, forward [[Camille Cordahi]] scored its first goal in official international play. [[Werner Kaspi]] answered with his second goal of the game, and the match ended {{nowrap|5–1}}. Six Lebanese players appeared again in an international match, but of the Mandatory Palestine squad, only [[Shalom Shalomzon]] made another international appearance. Lebanon's squad did not play again until 1942, in<!-- added "in" so that "a friendly against Syria" is not interpreted as a nonrestrictive appositive, since 1992 is not a game --> a [[exhibition game|friendly]] against [[Syria national football team|Syria]], whereas Mandatory Palestine did not play again until 1949, against [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]], and was by then the [[Israel national football team]]. {{TFAFULL|1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match}}

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