League Play-Off

Southwell
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Southwell City's Mortada Al Baghli started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Sobah Boland kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After having played for 13 minutes, Meshari Al Motaire managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Southwell City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Meshari Al Motaire was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fakher Al Habshi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mortada Al Baghli in the 16th minute of the match. Mansour Al Ghanem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Meshal Al Sharah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28th minute Mortada Al Baghli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fakher Al Habshi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mansour Al Ghanem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Meshal Al Sharah, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Mansour Al Ghanem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Meshal Al Sharah, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mortada Al Baghli in the 44th minute of play forced Market Drayton's goalkeeper Fakher Al Habshi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 48 minutes, Mortada Al Baghli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Southwell City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mortada Al Baghli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rashed Al Rodhan was the one to do the kick off. Meshari Al Motaire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Fakher Al Habshi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Meshari Al Motaire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Southwell City's Meshari Al Motaire got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fakher Al Habshi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mortada Al Baghli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fakher Al Habshi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mortada Al Baghli in the 62nd minute of play. Meshal Al Sharah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Mansour Al Ghanem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 70 minutes into the game, Meshal Al Sharah cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mansour Al Ghanem was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mortada Al Baghli in the 75th minute of play forced Market Drayton's goalkeeper Fakher Al Habshi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute of the match Abdulatif Al Balool shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fakher Al Habshi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Meshari Al Motaire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Fakher Al Habshi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Meshari Al Motaire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Fakher Al Habshi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Meshari Al Motaire during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 95 played minutes Southwell City got a freekick which was hit by Meshari Al Motaire. After 96 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Southwell City! The Market Drayton players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.