League Play-Off

Rainham
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, Ketta Guergour hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ishak Dahou didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Rainham's Amar Harkati shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Ishak Dahou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amar Harkati in the 14th minute of play. Abdelhamid Ziani charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abdelhamid Ziani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Rainham booed when Southall was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdelhamid Ziani didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot 24 in the game by Yannis Menia from a close distance when the talented Ishak Dahou managed to make a qualified save. Southall's players were relieved. After a defensive mix-up in Southall's zone, Yannis Menia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ishak Dahou came out of the goal and Yannis Menia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 30th minute Amar Harkati shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ishak Dahou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Southall getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Lounès Lemoui hit a great ball. Yannis Menia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Ishak Dahou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Djafar Zaghbib's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aziz Daoud was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Ishak Dahou made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yannis Menia in the 48th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mahmoud Hamdaoui to strike the kick off in the second half. Ishak Dahou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ketta Guergour in the 57th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Rainham's Ketta Guergour got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 62ndth minute of the game Mahmoud Hamdaoui who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rainham's Aziz Daoud was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 69 minutes into the game, Anis Tétah was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Southall's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rainham the free kick. After a rather tough play, Southall's Anis Tétah got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 70th minute of the match Ibrahim Laref shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ishak Dahou showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 73rd minute, Southall's Mahmoud Hamdaoui ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aziz Daoud. Aziz Daoud yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Aziz Daoud was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mahmoud Hamdaoui showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 77 minute of play. In the 80thth minute of the game Amar Harkati who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Southall's Ishak Dahou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 83rdth minute of the game Amar Harkati who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Southall's Ishak Dahou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. During the 84th minute of the match Anis Tétah completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Anis Tétah a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Southall getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Anis Tétah hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Southall's Hamza Kader got a free kick in the 86th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amar Harkati in the 88th minute of play forced Southall's goalkeeper Ishak Dahou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amar Harkati received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Ishak Dahou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Yannis Menia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 93 minutes, Hamza Kader mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Southall and the Rainham players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Rainham booed when Southall was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hamza Kader didn't get a good kick on the ball. Amar Harkati succeeded in the game's 94th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-2. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.