League Play-Off

Cove
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Gibrel Al Mulaifi in the 7th minute of play forced Cove City's goalkeeper Mosalam Al Mahmed to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yasen Al Naqi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nabel Al Fadhalah, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Nabel Al Fadhalah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Yasen Al Naqi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Nabel Al Fadhalah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 33 minutes into the match, Rida Bo Shehri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yasen Al Naqi. Rawmarsh FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rida Bo Shehri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Cove City's Mosalam Al Mahmed played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nawaf Al Hashash in the 35th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Rawmarsh FC's zone, Rida Bo Shehri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yasen Al Naqi came out of the goal and Rida Bo Shehri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 49 minutes into the match, Cove City's goal looked a bit too open when Hamdan Al Nasser came free, but Mosalam Al Mahmed reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nabel Al Fadhalah stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nawaf Al Hashash sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hamdan Al Nasser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mosalam Al Mahmed having to interfere. Cove City's Mosalam Al Mahmed played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nawaf Al Hashash in the 57th minute of play. Nawaf Al Hashash might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mosalam Al Mahmed. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nawaf Al Hashash ran back to his position shaking his head. Nabel Al Fadhalah charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nabel Al Fadhalah the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Cove City's Nabel Al Fadhalah got a free kick in the 65th minute. Yasen Al Naqi came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Cove City's Nabel Al Fadhalah. But to his dismay, Nabel Al Fadhalah quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. After 79 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Rawmarsh FC! The referee gave Cove City a penalty, 81 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Basem Al Sherazi, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Rawmarsh FC's Yasen Al Naqi. 4-0. In the 84th minute, Khalaf Al Hindi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rawmarsh FC's goalkeeper Yasen Al Naqi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 89 minutes into the match, Cove City's goal looked a bit too open when Nawaf Al Hashash came free, but Mosalam Al Mahmed reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 96 minutes into the match, Rawmarsh FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nabel Al Fadhalah came free, but Yasen Al Naqi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Cove City's Nabel Al Fadhalah got a free kick in the 98th minute. After 100 minutes, Abdulatif Al Matrok mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rawmarsh FC and the Cove City players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Rawmarsh FC's Abdulatif Al Matrok got a free kick in the 100th minute. Rawmarsh FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.