League Play-Off

Gugar
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Naguib Ziyad started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naguib Ziyad in the 3rd minute of play forced Gugar's goalkeeper Gameel Gaser to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kareem Hashem's late challenge caught a Gugar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kareem Hashem helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th match minute, Burdin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kareem Hashem to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute, Islam Salah sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Burdin's Basyouny Saleh didn't even have to move. If Gameel Othman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Raslan Abdou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Basyouny Saleh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Burdin's Kareem Hashem got a free kick in the 13th minute. If Mubarak Gameel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Hamdy Ibrahim came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Burdin 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 Hamdy Ibrahim couldn't finish the play. Mubarak Gameel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. During the 23rd minute of the match Kareem Hashem completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Kareem Hashem a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 24th minute, Kareem Hashem hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gameel Othman in the 31st minute of play forced Burdin's goalkeeper Basyouny Saleh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hamdy Ibrahim struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Gameel Gaser didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Burdin. Hamdy Ibrahim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gameel Othman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Basyouny Saleh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Gameel Othman made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Burdin's Hamdy Ibrahim sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gameel Gaser narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Basyouny Saleh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mubarak Gameel in the 56th minute of the match. Basyouny Saleh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mubarak Gameel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Gugar's goalkeeper Gameel Gaser, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gameel Othman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Basyouny Saleh having to interfere. Mubarak Gameel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 80th minute Gameel Othman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Basyouny Saleh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Naguib Ziyad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Hamdy Ibrahim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Desouqy Badr fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gameel Gaser having to interfere. Burdin's Basyouny Saleh played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gameel Othman in the 98th minute of play. Gugar's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.