League Play-Off

Sandbach Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Mansour Al Qattamy in the 3rd minute of play forced Whitley Bay AFC's goalkeeper Doaej Al Hajraf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 4 minutes, Dhari Al Rifaee mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sandbach and the Whitley Bay AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th minute, Dhari Al Rifaee hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 5 minutes into the match, Nabel Al Youha had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Moath Kakoli. Sandbach's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nabel Al Youha was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Doaej Al Hajraf made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Dhari Al Rifaee sent off a good shot on target. Moath Kakoli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jamal Bahroh's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. If Dhari Al Rifaee had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Doaej Al Hajraf made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mansour Al Qattamy in the 24th minute of play. In the 27th minute, Jamal Bahroh 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. Moath Kakoli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nabel Al Youha in the 29th minute of the match. If Jamal Bahroh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nabel Al Youha in the 39th minute of play forced Sandbach's goalkeeper Moath Kakoli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dhari Al Rifaee could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Doaej Al Hajraf made a huge save. Moath Kakoli came out of the goal in the 48th minute to try and stop a shot by Whitley Bay AFC's Salah Kamal. But to his dismay, Salah Kamal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The Sandbach players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Whitley Bay AFC were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nabel Al Youha to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Mansour Al Qattamy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doaej Al Hajraf was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. After 62 minutes, Moath Al Khames mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sandbach and the Whitley Bay AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 63 played minutes Sandbach got a freekick which was hit by Moath Al Khames. 66 minutes into the game, Sobah Al Mothaf was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sandbach's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Whitley Bay AFC the free kick. Sobah Al Mothaf hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Dhari Al Rifaee fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Doaej Al Hajraf having to interfere. 74 minutes into the match, Sandbach's goalkeeper Moath Kakoli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jamal Bahroh. Whitley Bay AFC's Doaej Al Hajraf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mansour Al Qattamy in the 80th minute of play. If Mansour Al Qattamy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dhari Al Rifaee sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Sandbach's Moath Kakoli got control of the ball when Jamal Bahroh tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 90 minutes of play Sandbach's Sobah Al Mothaf was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 91st minute, Sobah Al Mothaf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Jamal Bahroh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.