League Play-Off

Holland-on-Sea Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Andaz Raho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Rachid Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Burnham on Sea's Rachid Cherfa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Burnham on Sea from getting a goal against them. Assad Hima charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Assad Hima the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Assad Hima hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Athmane Aouni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Afellan Banouas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Assad Hima in the 16th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Holland-on-Sea FC's Meziane Salah got a free kick in the 16th minute. Holland-on-Sea FC's Andaz Raho got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Amellal Amri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Rachid Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adam Zahouania took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 25th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rachid Cherfa. Burnham on Sea's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 25 played minutes Burnham on Sea got a freekick which was hit by Hakim Benchenaa. In the 28th minute, Hakim Benchenaa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 33 minutes, Omar Cherrad mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Holland-on-Sea FC and the Burnham on Sea players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Holland-on-Sea FC's Omar Cherrad got a free kick in the 33rd minute. If Assad Hima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Athmane Aouni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afellan Banouas having to interfere. Amellal Amri received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rachid Cherfa came out and tried to block the shot, but Amellal Amri slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 46th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Amellal Amri to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Andaz Raho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rachid Cherfa was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. The goalkeeper, Afellan Banouas, was totally fooled by Burnham on Sea's Akatelaji Embarek, who 57 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Rachid Cherfa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andaz Raho, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Athmane Aouni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afellan Banouas having to interfere. If Andaz Raho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 72 minutes, Andaz Raho made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Burnham on Sea's Rachid Cherfa tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Afellan Banouas was out of position in the 76 minute of play, and Assad Hima capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Assad Hima really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Athmane Aouni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rachid Cherfa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andaz Raho, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Holland-on-Sea FC's Afellan Banouas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Assad Hima in the 91st minute of play. Rachid Cherfa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andaz Raho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andaz Raho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Rachid Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.