League Play-Off

Levenshulme
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ahmad Al Gareb started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute Fadhel Abo Al Hasan suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Awwad Al Hashash's late challenge caught a Emsworth's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Awwad Al Hashash helped the player get up and apologised. 6 minutes into the game, one of Levenshulme City:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 14th minute, Ameen Al Sharah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karem Al Mothaf sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aadil Dehrab might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yazeed Al Rifaee. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aadil Dehrab ran back to his position shaking his head. Lafi Al Qattan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Yazeed Al Rifaee tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aadil Dehrab was the one to do the kick off. Hassan Al Bloshi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmad Al Gareb in the 55th minute of the match. If Ahmad Al Gareb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Karem Al Mothaf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 67 minutes into the game, Aqel Al Dekhel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Levenshulme City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Emsworth the free kick. In the 67th match minute, Levenshulme City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aqel Al Dekhel to maneuver through the defense. Aadil Dehrab sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 74th minute Aadil Dehrab shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yazeed Al Rifaee saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After recieving a nice pass, Emsworth's Yousef Dehrab tried to score from far away in the 77th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. If Aadil Dehrab had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 81 played minutes Levenshulme City got a freekick which was hit by Talib Al Ajmi. Yazeed Al Rifaee took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aadil Dehrab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aadil Dehrab sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88th minute Karem Al Mothaf shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hassan Al Bloshi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hassan Al Bloshi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karem Al Mothaf, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Karem Al Mothaf sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Emsworth had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.