League Play-Off

Rackenford Park
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the game, one of Hatfield AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 7 minutes, Rackenford's Shehab Al Jarah got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Fawzy Khorshed. A hard shot 17 in the game by Aqel Al Khobaize from a close distance when the talented Fawzy Khorshed managed to make a qualified save. Hatfield AFC's players were relieved. Ramadan Al Khars could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Fawzy Khorshed made a huge save. 29 minutes into the match, Taqi Al Mehana notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Rackenford's Mubarek Al Asuosi. Mubarek Al Asuosi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 33 played minutes Hatfield AFC got a freekick which was hit by Gawhar Al Attar. Aesem Khorshed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th match minute, Rackenford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haider Shamsah to maneuver through the defense. Mubarek Al Asuosi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Saleh Shams's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Taqi Al Mehana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mubarek Al Asuosi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saleh Shams, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aqel Al Khobaize received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Fawzy Khorshed tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aesem Khorshed stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 61st match minute, Rackenford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdulatif Ashkanani to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute of the match Wasel Bo Abbas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mubarek Al Asuosi skillfully saved the ball. After 68 played minutes, Rackenford's Haider Shamsah shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fawzy Khorshed came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Rackenford reached it. After a rather tough play, Hatfield AFC's Dhari Al Hindi got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 84th minute Saleh Shams shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mubarek Al Asuosi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saleh Shams in the 90th minute of play forced Rackenford's goalkeeper Mubarek Al Asuosi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hatfield AFC's Taqi Al Mehana got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 92nd minute, Saleh Shams 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. Saleh Shams sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Rackenford fans cheered their team off the field, for while Hatfield AFC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.