League Play-Off

Cedar Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bashar Rabah during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Bashar Rabah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Wahid Wade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hussein El Hariri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thawab Abdul Tawwab's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. In the 9th minute, Badr Abdul Qadir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thawab Abdul Tawwab sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hussein El Hariri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wahid Wade's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Badr Abdul Qadir kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Wahid Wade notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Cedar FC's Hussein El Hariri. Hussein El Hariri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wahid Wade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Hussein El Hariri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 26th minute Aatif Fareed suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. After 26 minutes, Thawab El Aska mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cedar FC and the Meldreth players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 26th match minute, Cedar FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thawab El Aska to maneuver through the defense. Thawab Abdul Tawwab spun around in front of the goal 29 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Cedar FC's goal. Salhat Tawfiq hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Badr Abdul Qadir hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 37th minute, Thawab Abdul Tawwab ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hussein El Hariri was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Hussein El Hariri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wahid Wade in the 45th minute of the match. Wasil Al Aswad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dahir Romad in the 48th minute of play. After the first half Meldreth were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Thawab Abdul Tawwab made the kick off in the second half. Meldreth were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Cedar FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Borhan Abdul Jalil took the corner. Nouh Kardal tried in the game's 55th match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Hussein El Hariri. An annoying self made goal, 0-3. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Thawab Abdul Tawwab put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Hussein El Hariri. With a little luck, Cedar FC's Hussein El Hariri got control of the ball when Thawab Abdul Tawwab tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 65th minute, Thawab Abdul Tawwab reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hussein El Hariri. The goal made the score 0-5. Thawab Abdul Tawwab might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hussein El Hariri. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Thawab Abdul Tawwab ran back to his position shaking his head. 71 minutes into the match, Cedar FC's goalkeeper Hussein El Hariri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thawab Abdul Tawwab. Dahir Romad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Wasil Al Aswad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thawab Abdul Tawwab received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Hussein El Hariri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thawab Abdul Tawwab sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.