League Play-Off

Raptors Arena
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 6th minute, Alam Tan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the game, Ashington's Farhan Chee nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ron Au made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After 11 played minutes 【ＲＡＰＴＯＲＳ】 got a freekick which was hit by Rudy Kool. In the 14th match minute, 【ＲＡＰＴＯＲＳ】 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Cheng to maneuver through the defense. 【ＲＡＰＴＯＲＳ】's Ron Au played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Farhan Chee in the 28th minute of play. Alex Cheng took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Amirul Teo. Amirul Teo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 38 minutes into the game, Alam Tan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Amirul Teo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ashington's Amirul Teo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Ashington from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alam Tan in the 46th minute of play forced Ashington's goalkeeper Amirul Teo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

If Wei Xuan Rajah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Amirul Teo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alam Tan in the 52nd minute of the match. Alex Cheng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amirul Teo having to interfere. In the 58th minute, Ashington's Farhan Chee ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ron Au. Ron Au yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. In the 62nd minute Alam Tan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amirul Teo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, 【ＲＡＰＴＯＲＳ】's Alam Tan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Amirul Teo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. Amirul Teo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alam Tan in the 77th minute of the match. 85 minutes into the game, Farhan Chee cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-4. Ron Au was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Amirul Teo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alam Tan, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Amirul Teo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alam Tan's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. After a rather tough play, 【ＲＡＰＴＯＲＳ】's Daniel Paine got a free kick in the 95th minute. 96 minutes into the match, Ashington's Faizal Soon broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The Ashington supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Ashington would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.