League Play-Off

Shaftesbury Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jaber Al Fadhalah kicked off to start the match. Marzoq Al Zamel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sror Al Motaire in the 2nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sror Al Motaire in the 8th minute of play forced Shaftesbury AFC's goalkeeper Marzoq Al Zamel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Rashed Al Dowaisan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Uttoxeter's Rashed Al Dowaisan got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Shaftesbury AFC booed when Uttoxeter was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yahya Bo Shehri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Barrak Al Sarraf made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ahmad Shamsah in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute, Yahya Bo Shehri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Shaftesbury AFC booed when Uttoxeter was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nemir Shamsah didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marzoq Al Zamel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sror Al Motaire in the 44th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Sror Al Motaire made the kick off in the second half. Marzoq Al Zamel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sror Al Motaire in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 55th minute Ahmad Shamsah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barrak Al Sarraf saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th minute, Aesem Al Hadad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ahmad Shamsah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Barrak Al Sarraf tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Ahmad Shamsah came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Shaftesbury 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 Ahmad Shamsah couldn't finish the play. Barrak Al Sarraf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaber Al Fadhalah in the 61st minute of the match. In the 64th minute, Hamdan Al Kandere hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Uttoxeter's Barrak Al Sarraf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaber Al Fadhalah in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute Jaber Al Fadhalah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barrak Al Sarraf saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sror Al Motaire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Uttoxeter's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Msaed Al Adsani was slow to take the kick. During this time Shaftesbury AFC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Shaftesbury AFC's corner Msaed Al Adsani fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Barrak Al Sarraf quite easily take care of the ball. In the 81stth minute of the game Sror Al Motaire who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Shaftesbury AFC's Marzoq Al Zamel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 85th minute, Jaber Al Fadhalah left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Shaftesbury AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Marzoq Al Zamel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rashed Al Dowaisan in the 89th minute. Ahmad Shamsah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Barrak Al Sarraf having to interfere. Barrak Al Sarraf didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jaber Al Fadhalah went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Shaftesbury AFC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Uttoxeter for a fine match.