League Play-Off

Gainsborough
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Gainsborough's Sarb Lee started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. John Amin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mujahid Gopala Pillai, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. If Shahron Pillai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Sarb Lee came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Gainsborough fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sarb Lee couldn't finish the play. John Amin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Cheng in the 24th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Adam Cheng sped through Gainsborough's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of John Amin. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Noh Teo during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Noh Teo hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. When Adam Cheng fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Washington's protests and gave Adam Cheng a yellow card for diving instead. In the 37th match minute, Washington was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adam Cheng to maneuver through the defense. Noh Tan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sarb Lee in the 38th minute of the match. In the 41st minute, Sarb Lee fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. If Shahron Pillai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adam Cheng was the one to do the kick off. Sarb Lee fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Noh Tan having to interfere. Adam Cheng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without John Amin having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Adam Cheng's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but John Amin was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. In the 71stth minute of the game Adam Cheng who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gainsborough's John Amin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. John Amin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Shahron Pillai in the 72nd minute. In the 76th minute Adam Cheng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John Amin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Shahron Pillai got free with John Amin in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rd minute, Shahron Pillai 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. 85 minutes into the game, Bineesh Chan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Washington's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gainsborough the free kick. Shahron Pillai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. John Amin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gainsborough's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Adam Cheng 95 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-2. When the match was over Washington could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Gainsborough throughout the match.