League Play-Off

Millbrook Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Habib Kerrache kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Kylian Zerouali mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Millbrook and the Grays City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th match minute, Millbrook was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kylian Zerouali to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Makhlouf Menguellet took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Ouali Madani to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bakezda Bendali got free with Ouali Madani in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bakezda Bendali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ouali Madani having to interfere. The supporters of Millbrook booed when Grays City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramzi Djeziri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bakezda Bendali sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 23 minutes of play, Grays City's Houari Benikhlef made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Idriss Aggoune was left in no man's land by his defense there! Habib Kerrache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The long shot by Riad Rebbab in the 32nd minute really tested Ouali Madani's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 36th play minute Bakezda Bendali came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ouali Madani. 2-1. Idriss Aggoune showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Houari Benikhlef in the 42nd minute of the match. A collision led to Grays City getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Houari Benikhlef hit a great ball. When Houari Benikhlef got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for Grays City. Idriss Aggoune showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Houari Benikhlef, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After a rather tough play, Millbrook's Kylian Zerouali got a free kick in the 48th minute. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind Millbrook's goalkeeper Idriss Aggoune, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bakezda Bendali stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Millbrook were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Grays City's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dassi Ziani took the corner. The corner ended in Dassi Ziani almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Grays City's Ouali Madani did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bakezda Bendali in the 59th minute of play forced Grays City's goalkeeper Ouali Madani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, Rayan Ahmed hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Idriss Aggoune showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Habib Kerrache in the 63rd minute of the match. Habib Kerrache recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bakezda Bendali recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Habib Kerrache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Houari Benikhlef fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Idriss Aggoune having to interfere. Makhlouf Menguellet hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute Habib Kerrache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Idriss Aggoune saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ouali Madani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bakezda Bendali went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Makhlouf Menguellet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 97 minutes into the match, Bakezda Bendali notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Grays City's Ouali Madani. Ouali Madani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Millbrook fans cheered their team off the field, for while Grays City had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.