League Play-Off

Brampton Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) When Shaban Khaja came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Brampton 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 Shaban Khaja couldn't finish the play. Faisal Boland took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shaban Khaja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th match minute, Helston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eshaq Al Mosawe to maneuver through the defense. Brampton City's Shaban Khaja got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Waleed Al Mofede fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faisal Boland having to interfere. Eshaq Al Balool received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Dawood Al Mansor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Eshaq Al Mosawe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dawood Al Mansor was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Shaban Khaja recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Helston's Faisal Boland proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Helston from getting a goal against them. In the 37th minute Doaej Al Hadhod shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dawood Al Mansor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 39 minutes Brampton City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ghanim Al Habshi who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Helston's Jalal Al Abdullah to fire away a dangerous shot which Dawood Al Mansor despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Eshaq Al Mosawe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Shaban Khaja was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Bashar Mandane 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. Brampton City's Dawood Al Mansor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Brampton City from getting a goal against them. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Helston's goalkeeper Faisal Boland, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eshaq Al Balool's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dawood Al Mansor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. Dawood Al Mansor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eshaq Al Mosawe in the 64th minute of play. In the 74th match minute, Brampton City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marzoq Al Arbash to maneuver through the defense. In the 76th minute of the match Ghanim Al Habshi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dawood Al Mansor showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Eshaq Al Mosawe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dawood Al Mansor having to interfere. In the 80th minute Eshaq Al Mosawe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dawood Al Mansor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dawood Al Mansor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eshaq Al Mosawe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Masuod Al Sharaf received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Faisal Boland tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Waleed Al Mofede managed to get in a good position for a shot. Brampton City's supporters rose to their feet, but Waleed Al Mofede was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Faisal Boland breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eshaq Al Balool sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the Helston players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Brampton City.