League Play-Off

Chester-le-Street
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Derar Hayat took the kick off in the first half of the match. Motlaq Al Asuosi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Sami Al Attar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Motlaq Al Asuosi in the 8th minute of play forced Chester-le-Street City's goalkeeper Sami Al Attar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Motlaq Al Asuosi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sami Al Attar having to interfere. A collision led to Chester-le-Street City getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Awwad Shrean hit a great ball. Sami Al Attar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Derar Hayat in the 12th minute of the match. Monther Al Mehana charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Monther Al Mehana the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Chester-le-Street City getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Monther Al Mehana hit a great ball. After having played for 17 minutes, Motlaq Al Asuosi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Forest Hill City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Motlaq Al Asuosi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Jamal Al Sallal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chester-le-Street City's supporters rose to their feet, but Jamal Al Sallal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Faraj Al Hammady breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Chester-le-Street City's Abdelnaser Al Ansari got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Derar Hayat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sami Al Attar was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. When Abdelnaser Al Ansari came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Chester-le-Street City 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 Abdelnaser Al Ansari couldn't finish the play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abdelnaser Al Ansari made a kick off. Faraj Al Hammady made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdelnaser Al Ansari in the 51st minute of play. Jassem Al Hammady kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Awwad Shrean during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Chester-le-Street City getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Awwad Shrean hit a great ball. 61 minutes into the match, Forest Hill City's goal looked a bit too open when Abdelnaser Al Ansari came free, but Faraj Al Hammady reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jamal Al Sallal in the 65th minute of play forced Forest Hill City's goalkeeper Faraj Al Hammady to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Abdelnaser Al Ansari got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Abdelnaser Al Ansari succeeded in the game's 72nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Derar Hayat in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sami Al Attar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jarah Al Barrak kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Jamal Al Sallal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faraj Al Hammady having to interfere. Motlaq Al Asuosi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sami Al Attar having to interfere. Forest Hill City's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.