League Play-Off

Ikhtab
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hossam Radwan got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Ikhtab's Mowafak Adel got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Rabie Mahmoud received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Kamouna El-Shater tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mustafa Bahaa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Serag Saad made a huge save. Kamouna El-Shater showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rabie Mahmoud in the 14th minute of the match. Hashem Mubarak charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hashem Mubarak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 19th minute, Mustafa Bahaa 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hossam Radwan in the 27th minute of play forced Alessandria's goalkeeper Serag Saad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Hossam Radwan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Rabie Mahmoud had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 39 minutes into the match, Alessandria's goal looked a bit too open when Hossam Radwan came free, but Serag Saad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mustafa Bahaa got free with Serag Saad in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Khalil Kamouna came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Alessandria fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Khalil Kamouna couldn't finish the play. 47 minutes into the match, Ikhtab's goal looked a bit too open when Rabie Mahmoud came free, but Kamouna El-Shater reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rabie Mahmoud was the one to do the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yassine Ali during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Alessandria booed when Ikhtab was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yassine Ali didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Magdy Akram fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ikhtab's protests and gave Magdy Akram a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Alessandria booed when Ikhtab was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Magdy Akram didn't get a good kick on the ball. Serag Saad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hossam Radwan in the 58th minute of play. After having played for 61 minutes, Rabie Mahmoud managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Alessandria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rabie Mahmoud was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Alessandria booed when Ikhtab was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdel Haleem Ghanem didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 63rd minute, Rabie Mahmoud hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hashem Mubarak got his second yellow card in the match during the 67th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 67th match minute, Alessandria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hashem Mubarak to maneuver through the defense. In the 69thth minute of the game Hossam Radwan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alessandria's Serag Saad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 71st minute Mustafa Bahaa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serag Saad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Serag Saad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hossam Radwan in the 73rd minute of the match. Serag Saad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Bahaa in the 77th minute of the match. Rabie Mahmoud charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rabie Mahmoud the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Ikhtab booed when Alessandria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rabie Mahmoud didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 79th minute Mustafa Bahaa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serag Saad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Khalil Kamouna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Kamouna El-Shater made a huge save. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.