League Play-Off

Chelmsford Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Adham Mandane started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Awwad Al Hammady received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Younis Taqi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ayman Al Naqi's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fayez Dashti firmly grabbed it by the left post. 19 minutes into the game, Seraj Abol was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Chelmsford FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ripley United the free kick. After a rather tough play, Chelmsford FC's Seraj Abol got a free kick in the 19th minute. Darweesh Al Shemali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Younis Taqi having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Chelmsford FC's Shaheen Al Nasser got a free kick in the 21st minute. Younis Taqi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darweesh Al Shemali in the 24th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Ayman Al Naqi took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Fayez Dashti to make any attempt to save it. 31 minutes into the game, Belal Boften was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ripley United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Chelmsford FC the free kick. The supporters of Chelmsford FC booed when Ripley United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Belal Boften didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Fayez Dashti managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Chelmsford FC's Ayman Al Naqi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 36 minutes of play, Ripley United's Darweesh Al Shemali made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Younis Taqi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ripley United's Wael Al Srae got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darweesh Al Shemali in the 43rd minute of play forced Chelmsford FC's goalkeeper Younis Taqi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

59 minutes into the match, Darweesh Al Shemali dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Younis Taqi, 1-3. 61 minutes into the game, Wael Al Srae was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ripley United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Chelmsford FC the free kick. In the 61st minute, Wael Al Srae hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ayman Al Naqi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fayez Dashti having to interfere. Ayman Al Naqi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fayez Dashti having to make a save. Fayez Dashti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adham Mandane, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. During the 76th minute of the match Wael Al Srae completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Wael Al Srae a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Aadil Al Ateqi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Younis Taqi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 82 played minutes Chelmsford FC got a freekick which was hit by Seraj Abol. Aadil Al Ateqi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anwar Al Mofede kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. After 89 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ripley United! After a defensive mix-up in Ripley United's zone, Adham Mandane stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fayez Dashti came out of the goal and Adham Mandane tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 97th minute Adham Mandane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fayez Dashti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Ripley United left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Chelmsford FC.