League Play-Off

Ismailia
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abdel Monsef Yehia kicked off to start the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Moataz Hany during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Ismailia getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Moataz Hany hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Bakr Ghali reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Abdel Hameed Ibrahim. The goal made the score 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdel Monsef Yehia in the 17th minute of play forced Dimushiyah's goalkeeper Abdel Hameed Ibrahim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hanafy Othman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohanad Fikry having to interfere. Abdel Hameed Ibrahim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdel Monsef Yehia, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. A collision led to Dimushiyah getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Hussien Hazem hit a great ball. With his leg Abdel Hameed Ibrahim managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Ismailia's Bakr Ghali fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 30 played minutes Dimushiyah got a freekick which was hit by Hussien Hazem. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hanafy Othman in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mohanad Fikry saved Ismailia from getting behind. Abdel Hameed Ibrahim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdel Monsef Yehia in the 37th minute of the match. Abdel Hameed Ibrahim was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Abdel Monsef Yehia showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 38 minute of play. When Hussien Hazem fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dimushiyah's protests and gave Hussien Hazem a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Dimushiyah getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Hussien Hazem hit a great ball. Abdel Monsef Yehia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Moataz Hany was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 47 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Ismailia's Moataz Hany got a free kick in the 47th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hanafy Othman was the one to do the kick off. Ismailia's Mohanad Fikry played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hanafy Othman in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Abdel Monsef Yehia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abdel Hameed Ibrahim. Dimushiyah's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abdel Monsef Yehia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Dimushiyah's Hanafy Othman got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 76 played minutes Dimushiyah got a freekick which was hit by Hussien Hazem. After 80 played minutes, Dimushiyah's Mazen Gamal shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mohanad Fikry 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 Dimushiyah reached it. Abdel Monsef Waheed scored 3-2 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mohanad Fikry, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 86 minutes into the match, Dimushiyah's Hanafy Othman sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mohanad Fikry narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Abdel Monsef Waheed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 89th minute, Abdel Monsef Waheed 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. After 91 minutes of play, Dimushiyah's Hanafy Othman made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mohanad Fikry was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abdel Hameed Ibrahim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bakr Ghali went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. Ismailia's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.