League Play-Off

Hickling Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Meshal Al Ajmi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 2 minutes, Nabel Al Sharah mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Southall AFC and the Hickling City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nabel Al Sharah kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Bashar Al Homaithe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Hashem Al Qattan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Southall AFC's Hashem Al Qattan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Farhan Al Sallal in the 6th minute of play. Abdulatif Al Ali showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Falah Al Motar, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Meshal Al Ajmi might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Abdulatif Al Ali. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Meshal Al Ajmi ran back to his position shaking his head. Meshal Al Ajmi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdulatif Al Ali took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Meshal Al Ajmi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 18 minutes into the match, Southall AFC's Falah Al Motar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdulatif Al Ali narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Meshal Al Ajmi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abdulatif Al Ali. Hickling City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Meshal Al Ajmi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. A collision led to Hickling City getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Habib Khaja hit a great ball. In the 26thth minute of the game Meshal Al Ajmi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hickling City's Abdulatif Al Ali was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The long shot by Seraj Al Mosawe in the 28th minute really tested Hashem Al Qattan's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Farhan Al Sallal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Meshal Al Ajmi put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Abdulatif Al Ali. Faisal Al Khames kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 44th match minute, Southall AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saleh Al Sarraf to maneuver through the defense. After the first half Southall AFC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Falah Al Motar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdulatif Al Ali having to interfere. 58 minutes into the game, Hickling City's Farhan Al Sallal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hashem Al Qattan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Hashem Al Qattan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bashar Al Homaithe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdulatif Al Ali made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Falah Al Motar sent off a good shot on target. When Meshal Al Ajmi came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Southall AFC 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 Meshal Al Ajmi couldn't finish the play. Meshal Al Ajmi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Abdulatif Al Ali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Falah Al Motar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Abdulatif Al Ali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hickling City's Abdulatif Al Ali played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Meshal Al Ajmi in the 89th minute of play. After having played for 93 minutes, Meshal Al Ajmi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Southall AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Meshal Al Ajmi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Falah Al Motar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hickling City's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Meshal Al Ajmi 97 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-3.