League Play-Off

Birmingham Selly Oak
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hamzah Al Shemali got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Hamzah Al Shemali cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Yasser Al Arbash was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nemir Al Dowaisan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Baqer Al Amer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hexham's Yasser Al Arbash proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Hexham from getting a goal against them. Yaseen Al Rifaee fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yasser Al Arbash having to interfere. Baqer Al Amer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Waheed Bahbhani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nemir Al Dowaisan in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Baqer Al Amer saved Birmingham Selly Oak AFC from getting behind. In the 20th minute of the match Aesem Al Shati shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Baqer Al Amer showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ghanim Al Wazan's late challenge caught a Birmingham Selly Oak AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ghanim Al Wazan helped the player get up and apologised. Waheed Bahbhani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Baqer Al Amer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nemir Al Dowaisan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Baqer Al Amer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nemir Al Dowaisan in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Baqer Al Amer saved Birmingham Selly Oak AFC from getting behind. After having played for 35 minutes, Yaseen Al Rifaee managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Birmingham Selly Oak AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yaseen Al Rifaee was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 36 minutes into the game, one of Hexham:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Baqer Al Amer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Waheed Bahbhani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nemir Al Dowaisan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ramadan Bo Resley's late challenge caught a Hexham's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ramadan Bo Resley helped the player get up and apologised. After 47 played minutes Birmingham Selly Oak AFC got a freekick which was hit by Ramadan Bo Resley. Waheed Bahbhani might have been able to make a better finish in the 49th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Baqer Al Amer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Waheed Bahbhani ran back to his position shaking his head. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 57th minute of the match Birmingham Selly Oak AFC got a corner. Hexham's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abdul Rahman Dashti ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Abdul Rahman Dashti almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hexham's Yasser Al Arbash did a great save. 60 minutes into the match, Khaled Kamal dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Baqer Al Amer, 2-1. If Hamzah Al Shemali had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 65th minute Hamzah Al Shemali shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yasser Al Arbash saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 68th minute by Waheed Bahbhani got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Birmingham Selly Oak AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 70th minute, when Nemir Al Dowaisan scored to the left of an out of position Baqer Al Amer, making the score, 2-2. A collision led to Hexham getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Kamal Al Barrak hit a great ball. If Nemir Al Dowaisan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Birmingham Selly Oak AFC's goalkeeper Baqer Al Amer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Khaled Kamal during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Khaled Kamal kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the game, Shaker Al Shati was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hexham's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Birmingham Selly Oak AFC the free kick. Birmingham Selly Oak AFC's Hamzah Al Shemali got a good chance for a goal in the 99th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.