League Play-Off

Itihad Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Shepton Mallet's Abdellah Rabiâ 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. The audience was convinced that Abdellah Rabiâ's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rayane Chadl was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Rayane Chadl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdellah Rabiâ, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Rayane Chadl came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Shepton Mallet's Hafid Chaffaï. But to his dismay, Hafid Chaffaï quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Adel Rezkallah's late challenge caught a Shepton Mallet's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adel Rezkallah helped the player get up and apologised. Adel Rezkallah hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Hafid Chaffaï received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Rayane Chadl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hamdane Nabil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maamar Fadhil in the 21st minute of the match. Abdellah Rabiâ received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Rayane Chadl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 26th minute Hafid Chaffaï shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rayane Chadl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mustapha Daham during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 29th minute, Mustapha Daham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Shepton Mallet getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Bani El Amri hit a great ball. Hafid Chaffaï struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Rayane Chadl didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Shepton Mallet. Hassan Fechtali kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. If Hassan Fechtali had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 50th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

After 54 played minutes Shepton Mallet got a freekick which was hit by Sabri Hanoune. After 56 minutes of play, Al-Itihad Al-Djazaïri's Hassan Fechtali made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hamdane Nabil was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 62nd minute, Mustapha Daham had to leave the field with a concussion. Al-Itihad Al-Djazaïri's Hassan Fechtali got his second yellow card of the match in the 62nd minute. The referee ordered Hassan Fechtali off the ground. After a rather tough play, Al-Itihad Al-Djazaïri's Hassan Fechtali got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Hafid Chaffaï could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Rayane Chadl made a huge save. 77 minutes into the match, Shepton Mallet's Hafid Chaffaï sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rayane Chadl narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ammuch Saâdani hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 88th minute, Adel Rezkallah got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Hamdane Nabil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chaba Douadi in the 90th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Shepton Mallet's Ammuch Saâdani got a free kick in the 90th minute. After having played for 92 minutes, Adel Rezkallah managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Al-Itihad Al-Djazaïri's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adel Rezkallah was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 100th minute, Amir Soltani got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The Shepton Mallet players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.