League Play-Off

Lincoln Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Qais Al Ali kicked off to start the match. Abdelnaser Al Harban's late challenge caught a Lincoln United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdelnaser Al Harban helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sandy getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Abdelnaser Al Harban hit a great ball. Tariq Al Hindi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Qais Al Ali went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Qais Al Ali's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tariq Al Hindi was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. After 21 played minutes Sandy got a freekick which was hit by Haitham Bo Qamaz. In the 23rd minute, Dhari Ashkanani 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. The supporters of Lincoln United booed when Sandy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yousef Sarkhoh didn't get a good kick on the ball. 39 minutes into the game, one of Lincoln United:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Sandy a penalty, 41 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Yousef Sarkhoh, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Lincoln United's Tariq Al Hindi. 0-3. In the 44th match minute, Sandy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haitham Bo Qamaz to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dhari Ashkanani to make the kick off. In the 59th minute Dhari Ashkanani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ammar Bo Hamad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tariq Al Hindi made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Ghanim Al Bahar sent off a good shot on target. Dhari Ashkanani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ammar Bo Hamad having to interfere. When Qais Al Ali came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Sandy 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 Qais Al Ali couldn't finish the play. Ghanim Al Bahar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tariq Al Hindi having to interfere. When Dhari Ashkanani came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Lincoln United 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 Dhari Ashkanani couldn't finish the play. Maitham Al Herz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Ammar Bo Hamad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 76 minutes, Ghanim Al Bahar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sandy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ghanim Al Bahar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Ghanim Al Bahar fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sandy's protests and gave Ghanim Al Bahar a yellow card for diving instead. After 83 minutes of play, Lincoln United's Maitham Al Herz made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ammar Bo Hamad was left in no man's land by his defense there! Qais Al Ali received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Tariq Al Hindi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Qais Al Ali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tariq Al Hindi having to interfere. In the 96th minute, Qais Al Ali reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tariq Al Hindi. The goal made the score 1-4. The Sandy supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Sandy would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.