League Play-Off

Ebley Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ahmed Bencheikh made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Annscroft's goal looked a bit too open when Nazim Adjaoud came free, but Moncef Canhadja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Amrani Hamyane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Moncef Canhadja came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Ebley City's Anthar Assad. But to his dismay, Anthar Assad quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After 13 minutes, Dari Redouane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Annscroft and the Ebley City players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Annscroft getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Dari Redouane hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the match, Ebley City's Afennich Kaci Said sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Moncef Canhadja narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Anthar Assad might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Moncef Canhadja. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anthar Assad ran back to his position shaking his head. Moncef Canhadja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afennich Kaci Said in the 28th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Amrani Hamyane hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Annscroft's Elias Brahimi tried to score from far away in the 32nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Dari Redouane got his second yellow card in the match during the 34th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Dari Redouane kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Yazid Madjer's late challenge caught a Annscroft's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yazid Madjer helped the player get up and apologised. In the 41st match minute, Ebley City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yazid Madjer to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute Mohamed Mezdad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdellatif Kerrache saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anthar Assad to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthar Assad in the 51st minute of play forced Annscroft's goalkeeper Moncef Canhadja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Ebley City's Afennich Kaci Said sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Moncef Canhadja narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Yazid Madjer got his second yellow card in the match during the 62nd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 62nd match minute, Ebley City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yazid Madjer to maneuver through the defense. Elias Brahimi, 63 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. If Mohamed Mezdad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 72nd minute, Afennich Kaci Said made a precise shot to the right of Moncef Canhadja. Annscroft's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. In the 78th minute, Elias Brahimi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 3-2 when Afennich Kaci Said sped through Annscroft's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Moncef Canhadja. Mohamed Mezdad's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 86thth minute, Abdellatif Kerrache skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Mohamed Mezdad could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Abdellatif Kerrache made a huge save. After 89 minutes, Nazim Adjaoud mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ebley City and the Annscroft players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mohamed Mezdad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Abdellatif Kerrache tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moncef Canhadja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afennich Kaci Said in the 95th minute of the match. Ebley City were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Annscroft for a fine match.