League Play-Off

Wizdom Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rachid Moussaoui kicked off to start the match. 1860 Mangitilon FC's Belaid Bougherra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamid Saïfi in the 16th minute of play. Belaid Bougherra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Djabir Belfaa in the 19th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Hamid Saïfi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Belaid Bougherra was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. 23 minutes into the match, 1860 Mangitilon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Abdelnacer Soltani came free, but Belaid Bougherra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Nordine Boulmerka fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 1860 Mangitilon FC's protests and gave Nordine Boulmerka a yellow card for diving instead. After 24 played minutes 1860 Mangitilon FC got a freekick which was hit by Nordine Boulmerka. Belaid Bougherra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hemza Mamouni in the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Djabir Belfaa in the 27th minute of play forced 1860 Mangitilon FC's goalkeeper Belaid Bougherra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Belaid Bougherra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Djabir Belfaa in the 29th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, 1860 Mangitilon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hamid Saïfi came free, but Belaid Bougherra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 34 minutes, Chaba Dahar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alachua and the 1860 Mangitilon FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 36 minutes into the game, Hamid Saïfi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Belaid Bougherra was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 40 minutes into the match, El Hadjadj had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Belaid Bougherra. 1860 Mangitilon FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that El Hadjadj was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Belaid Bougherra came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by Alachua's Djabir Belfaa. But to his dismay, Djabir Belfaa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The 1860 Mangitilon FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Alachua were winning 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hamid Saïfi was the one to do the kick off. When Rachid Moussaoui came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the 1860 Mangitilon 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 Rachid Moussaoui couldn't finish the play. 57 minutes into the match, 1860 Mangitilon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hemza Mamouni came free, but Belaid Bougherra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute Hamid Saïfi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Belaid Bougherra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdelnacer Soltani in the 65th minute of play forced 1860 Mangitilon FC's goalkeeper Belaid Bougherra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Hamid Saïfi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 68 minutes into the game, Abdelnacer Soltani cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Belaid Bougherra was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Alachua's Hamid Saïfi in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 1860 Mangitilon FC's goalie prevented a goal. Belaid Bougherra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdelnacer Soltani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdelnacer Soltani in the 76th minute of play forced 1860 Mangitilon FC's goalkeeper Belaid Bougherra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Djabir Belfaa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Belaid Bougherra made a huge save. 79 minutes into the game, Hamid Saïfi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Belaid Bougherra. Hamid Saïfi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6. Djabir Belfaa scored 0-8 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Belaid Bougherra, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 97 minutes of play, Alachua's Djabir Belfaa made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Belaid Bougherra was left in no man's land by his defense there!