League Play-Off

Old Bexley Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abdulatif Al Azmi started the match with the kick off. After 2 minutes, Nasser Al Motaire mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stockport and the Old Bexley players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nasser Al Motaire kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Fared Al Matrok's late challenge caught a Old Bexley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fared Al Matrok helped the player get up and apologised. After 12 played minutes Stockport got a freekick which was hit by Fared Al Matrok. Mohammad Al Dekhel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shaheen Boften having to interfere. Jalal Al Hammady sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jalal Al Hammady in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sari Al Habshi saved Old Bexley from getting behind. In a very dangerous position, a player in Stockport fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 38th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Shaheen Boften, was totally fooled by Old Bexley's Ebrahem Al Muwail, who 40 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Mohammad Al Dekhel made the kick off in the second half. Old Bexley's Sari Al Habshi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Old Bexley from getting a goal against them. Sari Al Habshi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jalal Al Hammady in the 58th minute. In the 65th minute, Mosa Al Baghli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Old Bexley fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 68th minute Mohammad Al Dekhel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shaheen Boften saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fared Al Matrok kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Mosa Al Baghli's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Shaheen Boften read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. The supporters of Old Bexley booed when Stockport was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nasser Al Motaire didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohammad Al Dekhel in the 86th minute of play forced Stockport's goalkeeper Shaheen Boften to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Old Bexley's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.