League Play-Off

Fanarah
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mahmoud Osama started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 11th match minute, Fanarah was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Khalil Rateb to maneuver through the defense. Aemara Ameen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mahmoud Osama in the 12th minute of the match. Gaafar Fikry received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Bakr Mubarak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bakr Mubarak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaafar Fikry in the 16th minute of play. Bakr Mubarak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaafar Fikry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute Gaafar Fikry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bakr Mubarak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mounir Rabie got free with Bakr Mubarak in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 29 minutes into the match, Bimban's goal looked a bit too open when Gaafar Fikry came free, but Bakr Mubarak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bakr Mubarak had great luck who in the 33rdth minute grab hold of the ball when Gaafar Fikry from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 35th minute Shams Mohanad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aemara Ameen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aaser Gamal's late challenge caught a Fanarah's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aaser Gamal helped the player get up and apologised. After 37 played minutes Bimban got a freekick which was hit by Aaser Gamal. After recieving a nice pass, Fanarah's Hossam Ahmed tried to score from far away in the 38th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Aemara Ameen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mahmoud Osama, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mounir Rabie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 47th match minute, Fanarah was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mowafak Nabil to maneuver through the defense. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

After 52 minutes of play, Fanarah's Mounir Rabie made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bakr Mubarak was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Gaafar Fikry managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fanarah's supporters rose to their feet, but Gaafar Fikry was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bakr Mubarak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Gaafar Fikry fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fanarah's protests and gave Gaafar Fikry a yellow card for diving instead. After 59 played minutes Fanarah got a freekick which was hit by Gaafar Fikry. Saeed Ayman charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Saeed Ayman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 62 played minutes Fanarah got a freekick which was hit by Saeed Ayman. After 68 played minutes Bimban got a freekick which was hit by Seddeq Fikry. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Mounir Rabie managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fanarah's supporters rose to their feet, but Mounir Rabie was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bakr Mubarak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Shams Mohanad hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Gaafar Fikry received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Bakr Mubarak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Fanarah's Aemara Ameen got control of the ball when Shams Mohanad tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 87th match minute, Fanarah was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaafar Fikry to maneuver through the defense. If Mahmoud Osama had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Bimban booed when Fanarah was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hatem Ezzat didn't get a good kick on the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Fanarah fully deserved thier win.