League Play-Off

Buxton Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fawzy Al Hajri got the match started through his kick off. Meshari Al Khames sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fawzy Al Hajri struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Basel Mandane didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Stoney Stanton City. Naem Bo Resley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Basel Mandane having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Fawzy Al Hajri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Basel Mandane was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Fawzy Al Hajri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Basel Mandane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Morad Al Sayer took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anwar Al Jarah. Anwar Al Jarah dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. When Bashar Bo Shehri came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Buxton 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 Bashar Bo Shehri couldn't finish the play. In the 33rd minute, Fawzy Al Hajri ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Basel Mandane was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Basel Mandane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fawzy Al Hajri in the 43rd minute of the match. Fawzy Al Hajri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Basel Mandane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bashar Bo Shehri to make the kick off. A collision led to Stoney Stanton City getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Abdelnaser Shalan hit a great ball. Motlaq Bo Abbas didn't quite understand what happened when in the 55 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. In the 59th minute Morad Al Sayer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anwar Al Jarah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 62 minutes, Naem Bo Resley mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stoney Stanton City and the Buxton players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 62nd minute, Naem Bo Resley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Morad Al Sayer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Anwar Al Jarah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bashar Bo Shehri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anwar Al Jarah having to interfere. Anwar Al Jarah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Morad Al Sayer in the 66th minute of the match. If Morad Al Sayer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Saed Al Khames charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Saed Al Khames the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Stoney Stanton City booed when Buxton was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Saed Al Khames didn't get a good kick on the ball. Meshari Al Khames fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Basel Mandane having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Morad Al Sayer in the 82nd minute of play forced Stoney Stanton City's goalkeeper Anwar Al Jarah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Basel Mandane came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Stoney Stanton City's Meshari Al Khames. But to his dismay, Meshari Al Khames quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Morad Al Sayer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Anwar Al Jarah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Khalaf Al Youha hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. After having played for 96 minutes, Morad Al Sayer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Buxton's supporters crossed their fingers, but Morad Al Sayer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Buxton supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Stoney Stanton City's performance. The match ended with a win for Stoney Stanton City.