League Play-Off

Archway Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, Qutaiba Al Dekhel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the match, Saed Shalan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Barakat Al Youha, 1-0. Talib Al Sayer blasted a shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Barakat Al Youha having to make a save. Eesa Jiragh charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eesa Jiragh the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Levenshulme booed when Archway City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eesa Jiragh didn't get a good kick on the ball. Esmael Al Matrok, 19 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Archway City's Hamdan Kakoli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ebrahem Al Ateqi in the 21st minute of play. 34 minutes into the game, Levenshulme's Motlaq Ghadhanfer nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hamdan Kakoli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Motlaq Ghadhanfer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eesa Jiragh hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After 45 minutes of play, Archway City's Talib Al Sayer made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Barakat Al Youha was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Archway City's Hamdan Kakoli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Archway City from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Motlaq Ghadhanfer got free with Hamdan Kakoli in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ebrahem Al Ateqi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamdan Kakoli having to interfere. Levenshulme's Motlaq Ghadhanfer got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 86th minute, Levenshulme's Ebrahem Al Ateqi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. If Ebrahem Al Ateqi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sayer Abo Al Hasan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hamdan Kakoli having to make a save. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Levenshulme players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.