League Play-Off

Archway
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hamad Kakoli took the kick off in the first half of the match. Haider Al Abdullah's late challenge caught a Hiltingbury United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Haider Al Abdullah helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Hiltingbury United booed when Archway FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Haider Al Abdullah didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Nizar Dashti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eyad Al Ghanem was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Sayed Abol made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anwar Ashkanani in the 9th minute. When Anwar Ashkanani came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Archway FC 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 Anwar Ashkanani couldn't finish the play. In the 15th minute, Moath Ghadhanfer 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. Anwar Ashkanani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Sayed Abol tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Hiltingbury United's Rajab Al Sherazi got a free kick in the 21st minute. Mansour Al Muwail was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 22nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Hamad Kakoli might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eyad Al Ghanem. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hamad Kakoli ran back to his position shaking his head. Nizar Dashti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Hiltingbury United's Sayed Abol got control of the ball when Anwar Ashkanani tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anwar Ashkanani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sayed Abol having to interfere. Anwar Ashkanani's late challenge caught a Hiltingbury United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anwar Ashkanani helped the player get up and apologised. After 47 played minutes Archway FC got a freekick which was hit by Anwar Ashkanani. 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.

Eyad Al Ghanem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hamad Kakoli in the 54th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Oun Al Hajraf during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th minute, Oun Al Hajraf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abdulatif Al Sharaf hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Sayed Abol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anwar Ashkanani in the 63rd minute of the match. If Hamad Kakoli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Archway FC's Eyad Al Ghanem got control of the ball when Nizar Dashti tried to sneak it across the goal line. Moath Ghadhanfer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Hiltingbury United booed when Archway FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fared Al Shati didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hamad Kakoli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eyad Al Ghanem made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Nizar Dashti sent off a good shot on target. Moath Ghadhanfer's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sayed Abol read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. In the 97th minute, Hamad Kakoli fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. If Nizar Dashti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.