League Play-Off

Yapton Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Lovedean's Amine Zerguelaine started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When Amine Zerguelaine came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Lovedean 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 Amine Zerguelaine couldn't finish the play. Abdul El Aychi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yunes Hamdani went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 12th minute of the match Zizou Amirèche sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abdul El Aychi skillfully saved the ball. Aissa Zerari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Amattaken Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amattaken Benhamou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khelifa Kazi-Tani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khelifa Kazi-Tani struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Amattaken Benhamou didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Yapton. An unexpected shot in the 26th minute by Aissa Zerari got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khelifa Kazi-Tani in the 28th minute of play forced Lovedean's goalkeeper Amattaken Benhamou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aissa Zerari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Yunes Hamdani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Amine Zerguelaine came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Lovedean 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 Amine Zerguelaine couldn't finish the play. Amine Zerguelaine received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Abdul El Aychi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lovedean's Amine Zerguelaine got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Khelifa Kazi-Tani stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 61 minutes into the match, Lovedean's goal looked a bit too open when Khelifa Kazi-Tani came free, but Amattaken Benhamou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lyazzide Kerkar's late challenge caught a Lovedean's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lyazzide Kerkar helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th minute of the match Abdellah Hamdaoui sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abdul El Aychi skillfully saved the ball. Amattaken Benhamou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aissa Zerari in the 71st minute of the match. Khelifa Kazi-Tani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amattaken Benhamou having to interfere. In the 80th minute Khelifa Kazi-Tani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amattaken Benhamou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 82 minutes, Aissa Zerari managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Yapton's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aissa Zerari was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Amattaken Benhamou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khelifa Kazi-Tani, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Abdul El Aychi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amine Zerguelaine in the 91st minute of the match. Aissa Zerari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amattaken Benhamou having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Lovedean eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.