League Play-Off

Croughton Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nazim Lacen made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Abdelaziz Ghoumari fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Moïse Bella was a little too slow when Rayan Benguesmia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 10th minute. The score was now 1-0. Abdelaziz Ghoumari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 19th minute, Aras Souibes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdelaziz Ghoumari got free with Moïse Bella in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Adel Semghouni's late challenge caught a Croughton's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adel Semghouni helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Stannington United getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Adel Semghouni hit a great ball. Abdelaziz Ghoumari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Moïse Bella tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 34th minute, one of Stannington United: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 Stannington United. Moïse Bella went to the wrong direction when Ibrahim Nabil was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Moïse Bella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rayan Benguesmia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rayan Benguesmia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Rayan Benguesmia came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Croughton 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 Rayan Benguesmia couldn't finish the play. Rayan Benguesmia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 48th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rayan Benguesmia to strike the kick off in the second half. Abdelaziz Ghoumari struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Moïse Bella didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Croughton. In a very dangerous position, a player in Stannington United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 65th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Croughton a penalty, 67 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ibrahim Nabil, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Stannington United's Moïse Bella. 2-0. 73 minutes into the match, Croughton's Rayan Benguesmia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Moïse Bella narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Moïse Bella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdelaziz Ghoumari, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. If Abdelaziz Ghoumari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rayan Benguesmia in the 90th minute of play forced Stannington United's goalkeeper Moïse Bella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Croughton's Youcef Morceli got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute, Akim Cherfa fired a really elegant long shot, but Kader Khennane threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Croughton fans cheered their team off the field, for while Stannington United had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.