League Play-Off

Richings Park Stadiu
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Richings Park's Yousef Al Khaled 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 Bahbhani took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sameer Al Shaikh. Sameer Al Shaikh dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Taqi Al Khames received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Monther Al Asuosi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Morad Al Adsani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 15 minutes into the match, Sobah Bahbhani notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Catford's Sameer Al Shaikh. Sameer Al Shaikh was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Monther Al Asuosi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Morad Al Adsani, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Morad Al Adsani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Monther Al Asuosi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 26th minute of the match Sobah Al Mehana sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Monther Al Asuosi skillfully saved the ball. Ameen Al Asuosi kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Sobah Al Mehana was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 30th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 31 minutes of play, Catford's Taqi Al Khames made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Monther Al Asuosi was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 35th minute Morad Al Adsani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Monther Al Asuosi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sameer Al Shaikh made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Sobah Bahbhani sent off a good shot on target. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Taqi Al Khames to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th match minute, Richings Park was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ameen Al Asuosi to maneuver through the defense. In the 59th minute, Morad Al Adsani made a precise shot to the right of Monther Al Asuosi. Richings Park's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Thanks to some nice moves Morad Al Adsani could shoot a difficult shot in the 65th minute, which Monther Al Asuosi however easily saved by the left post. Sobah Bahbhani struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Sameer Al Shaikh didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Richings Park. If Yousef Al Khaled had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yousef Al Khaled fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sameer Al Shaikh having to interfere. 79 minutes into the match, Catford's goal looked a bit too open when Yousef Al Khaled came free, but Sameer Al Shaikh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Richings Park's Sobah Bahbhani got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 86 minutes into the match, Sobah Bahbhani notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Catford's Sameer Al Shaikh. Sameer Al Shaikh was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Richings Park's Qutaiba Al Herz got a free kick in the 89th minute. 91 minutes in the game Sobah Al Mehana after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Monther Al Asuosi. A very good opportunity. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Richings Park had won after a very even match.