League Play-Off

Wootton Bassett Park
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Shaban Al Fadhalah made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalaf Taqi in the 8th minute of play forced Wootton Bassett City's goalkeeper Jassem Al Khames to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 15 minutes, Shaban Al Fadhalah managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ingatestone's supporters crossed their fingers, but Shaban Al Fadhalah was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Wootton Bassett City's Hakem Al Jalahma in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ingatestone's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Wootton Bassett City booed when Ingatestone was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Farhan Al Ansari didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Ameen Shadad came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Wootton Bassett City 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 Ameen Shadad couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Ingatestone getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Farhan Al Ansari hit a great ball. Khalaf Taqi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jassem Al Khames having to interfere. The supporters of Ingatestone booed when Wootton Bassett City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lafi Hayat didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Shaban Al Fadhalah came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Ingatestone 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 Shaban Al Fadhalah couldn't finish the play. 41 minutes into the match, Wootton Bassett City's Hakem Al Jalahma sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nizar Al Sarraf narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lafi Hayat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Nizar Al Sarraf tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Hakem Al Jalahma made the kick off in the second half. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Ingatestone's Shaban Al Fadhalah in the 52nd minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Jassem Al Khames was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Wootton Bassett City through an amazing save. Hakem Al Jalahma fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nizar Al Sarraf having to interfere. Mosa Al Dosery's late challenge caught a Wootton Bassett City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mosa Al Dosery helped the player get up and apologised. Mosa Al Dosery kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. When Ameen Shadad came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Wootton Bassett City 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 Ameen Shadad couldn't finish the play. If Ameen Shadad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hakem Al Jalahma fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nizar Al Sarraf having to interfere. 65 minutes into the match, Ameen Shadad notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Ingatestone's Nizar Al Sarraf. Nizar Al Sarraf was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ameen Shadad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nizar Al Sarraf having to interfere. Nizar Al Sarraf showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ameen Shadad, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. After some careless play in the Ingatestone defense, Hakem Al Jalahma kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nizar Al Sarraf. The Ingatestone fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nizar Al Sarraf should have stopped the shot. In the 84th minute Hakem Al Jalahma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nizar Al Sarraf saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute, Hakem Al Jalahma 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. Nizar Al Sarraf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hakem Al Jalahma in the 90th minute of the match. Ameen Shadad took the ball and in the 97 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nizar Al Sarraf. Nizar Al Sarraf dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Wootton Bassett City fans cheered their team off the field, for while Ingatestone had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.