League Play-Off

Romsey
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Abdelnacer Hanister made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 8th minute, Romsey FC's Cherif Hamruche seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cherif Hamruche the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Romsey FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cherif Hamruche had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The supporters of Trimley City booed when Romsey FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cherif Hamruche didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Chawki Bella managed to get in a good position for a shot. Trimley City's supporters rose to their feet, but Chawki Bella was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hocine Karim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 21st minute, Chawki Bella ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hocine Karim was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The supporters of Trimley City booed when Romsey FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toufik Saci didn't get a good kick on the ball. Chawki Bella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hocine Karim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abderrahmane Bahmane in the 32nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chawki Bella in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hocine Karim saved Romsey FC from getting behind. When Abdulhamid Zafour came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Romsey 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 Abdulhamid Zafour couldn't finish the play. Trimley City's Abdelkader Achiu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Trimley City from getting a goal against them. Abderrahmane Bahmane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chawki Bella made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdulhamid Zafour in the 55th minute of play forced Trimley City's goalkeeper Abdelkader Achiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romsey FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aziz Achoui was slow to take the kick. During this time Trimley City's players had a chance to rest. 61 minutes into the match, Romsey FC's Abdulhamid Zafour sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdelkader Achiu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Hocine Karim came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Trimley City's Abderrahmane Bahmane. But to his dismay, Abderrahmane Bahmane quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 67th minute Chawki Bella shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hocine Karim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 68 minutes of play, Romsey FC's Abdulhamid Zafour made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdelkader Achiu was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Anas Matoub had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Yazid Khelaifia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chawki Bella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aziz Achoui's late challenge caught a Romsey FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aziz Achoui helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 86th minute of the game. One of Trimley City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Romsey FC:s goal. Hocine Karim made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abderrahmane Bahmane in the 93rd minute. Chawki Bella fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hocine Karim having to interfere. Toufik Saci hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Trimley City played a much better game than Romsey FC and deserved their victory. The Romsey FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.