League Play-Off

Wanlip Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Darweesh Al Fadhalah made the kick off which started today's match. Adnan Bo Abbas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahmoud Al Abdullah having to interfere. Mahmoud Al Abdullah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adnan Bo Abbas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fawaz Al Sharah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salem Al Bana having to interfere. Salem Al Bana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darweesh Al Fadhalah in the 14th minute of play. Fawaz Al Sharah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salem Al Bana having to interfere. Adnan Bo Abbas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 20th minute, Nizar Al Najdi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sawbridgeworth fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Seraj Shabakhoh charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Seraj Shabakhoh the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Seraj Shabakhoh kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. If Adnan Bo Abbas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 38th minute Nizar Al Najdi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mahmoud Al Abdullah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yahya Al Herz hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Nizar Al Najdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahmoud Al Abdullah having to interfere. In the 47th minute, Wasel Khorshed had to leave the field with a concussion. When Mazen Ghadhanfer fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Wanlip's protests and gave Mazen Ghadhanfer a yellow card for diving instead. Mazen Ghadhanfer hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

The wind increased when Nizar Al Najdi made the kick off in the second half. Salem Al Bana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mazen Ghadhanfer in the 52nd minute of the match. Salem Al Bana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Riad Al Enzi in the 53rd minute of play. Nizar Al Najdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahmoud Al Abdullah having to interfere. When Mazen Ghadhanfer was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 56 minutes had been played. After 57 played minutes Wanlip got a freekick which was hit by Mazen Ghadhanfer. Nizar Al Najdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahmoud Al Abdullah having to interfere. Mahmoud Al Abdullah made an important save on a dangerous shot by Seraj Shabakhoh in the 63rd minute. If Adnan Bo Abbas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 67 minutes into the match, Nizar Al Najdi notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Wanlip's Mahmoud Al Abdullah. Mahmoud Al Abdullah was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Adnan Bo Abbas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nizar Al Najdi struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Mahmoud Al Abdullah didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sawbridgeworth. Nizar Al Najdi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 86th minute, Seraj Shabakhoh ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mahmoud Al Abdullah was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Nizar Al Najdi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sawbridgeworth's Nizar Al Najdi got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Nizar Al Najdi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fawaz Al Sharah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle sounded Sawbridgeworth left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Wanlip.