League Play-Off

Wokingham
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Famih Butcher got the match started through his kick off. Wokingham's Bakar Nagasaki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alam Yip in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute Alan Nagasaki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bakar Nagasaki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bakar Nagasaki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Famih Butcher, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. John Hsin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alif Ching having to interfere. Bakar Nagasaki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Famih Butcher in the 11th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by John Hsin in the 13th minute of play forced Darfield United's goalkeeper Alif Ching to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute Famih Butcher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bakar Nagasaki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, John Hsin put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Alif Ching. 32 minutes into the match, Wokingham's goal looked a bit too open when Alam Yip came free, but Bakar Nagasaki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. John Hsin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alif Ching having to interfere. John Hsin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Alif Ching tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Famih Butcher left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Darfield United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Wokingham's Bakar Nagasaki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Famih Butcher in the 48th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and John Hsin made a kick off. Bakar Nagasaki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John Shyan in the 54th minute of the match. Bakar Nagasaki didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Famih Butcher went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Darfield United's Alif Ching played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by John Hsin in the 60th minute of play. If John Hsin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. John Hsin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 75th minute, Zak Rajah got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Alam Yip fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bakar Nagasaki having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alam Yip got free with Bakar Nagasaki in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 83 minutes into the match, Darfield United's goal looked a bit too open when John Hsin came free, but Alif Ching reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Wokingham getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Afiz Tuan hit a great ball. Wokingham's Bakar Nagasaki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by John Shyan in the 96th minute of play. John Hsin scored 2-2 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alif Ching, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Darfield United succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Wokingham had controlled the match.