League Play-Off

Southold Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daho Ziani took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute Chadli Boniche shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khalida Abdi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 7thth minute of the game Chadli Boniche who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Southold's Khalida Abdi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Khalida Abdi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chadli Boniche in the 9th minute of the match. Mohammad Bensaoula's late challenge caught a Late Bloomers FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohammad Bensaoula helped the player get up and apologised. After 14 played minutes Southold got a freekick which was hit by Mohammad Bensaoula. In the 14th minute of the match Madjid Guessoum sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Khalida Abdi skillfully saved the ball. Samir Ben Bella hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Khalida Abdi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chadli Boniche, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After a rather tough play, Late Bloomers FC's Kasdi Diafat got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 26th minute, Fadhil Belkheir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Slimane Nekkar fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Late Bloomers FC's protests and gave Slimane Nekkar a yellow card for diving instead. After 29 played minutes Late Bloomers FC got a freekick which was hit by Slimane Nekkar. Southold's Madhi Hadjadj shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 30th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Noureddine Kader but with some difficulty. Late Bloomers FC's Noureddine Kader played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daho Ziani in the 34th minute of play. Chadli Boniche kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. The supporters of Late Bloomers FC booed when Southold was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daho Ziani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Southold's Khalida Abdi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chadli Boniche in the 42nd minute of play. Camel Hamdani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Southold booed when Late Bloomers FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slimane Nekkar didn't get a good kick on the ball. 48 minutes into the match, Late Bloomers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Daho Ziani came free, but Noureddine Kader reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Chadli Boniche was the one to do the kick off. In the last second Khalida Abdi throw himself and got hold of the ball when Chadli Boniche in the 54thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The supporters of Late Bloomers FC booed when Southold was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daho Ziani didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 59th minute, Chadli Boniche reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Khalida Abdi. The goal made the score 0-2. In the 63rd minute, Slimane Nekkar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Late Bloomers FC's Noureddine Kader played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Knodi Saci in the 65th minute of play. Noureddine Kader didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mohammad Bensaoula went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Fadhil Belkheir scored 1-3 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Khalida Abdi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Khalida Abdi came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Late Bloomers FC's Camel Hamdani. But to his dismay, Camel Hamdani quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Khalida Abdi made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Camel Hamdani sent off a good shot on target. Ferhat Saïfi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khalida Abdi having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, one of Late Bloomers FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Late Bloomers FC. When the match was over Late Bloomers FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Southold throughout the match.