League Play-Off

Purbrook Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Chahid Djahnine's late challenge caught a Mexborough's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Chahid Djahnine helped the player get up and apologised. Chahid Djahnine kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamid Ahmed in the 6th minute of play forced Purbrook's goalkeeper Abdelkrim Ziani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 7 minutes, Abdelhak Yacine mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Purbrook and the Mexborough players grew even worse after the yellow card. Abdelhak Yacine hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Purbrook's goalkeeper Abdelkrim Ziani, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ouali Aboulker in the 14th minute of play forced Purbrook's goalkeeper Abdelkrim Ziani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 played minutes, Mexborough's Azzedine Cohen shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Abdelkrim Ziani came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mexborough reached it. Abdelkrim Ziani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ouali Aboulker in the 22nd minute of the match. Othmane Makhloufi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelkrim Ziani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ouali Aboulker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tarik Ghanem kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Mexborough's Hamid Ahmed sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdelkrim Ziani narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Azzedine Cohen hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Abdessatar Kader showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelhamid Nabil in the 34th minute of the match. Abdelkrim Ziani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ouali Aboulker in the 35th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Hamid Ahmed shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdelkrim Ziani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th match minute, Purbrook was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salah Addi to maneuver through the defense. After 42 played minutes, Mexborough's Malik Cherfa shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Abdelkrim Ziani came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mexborough reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ouali Aboulker in the 43rd minute of play forced Purbrook's goalkeeper Abdelkrim Ziani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Hamid Ahmed had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 50th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ayoub Amrouche stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Abdessatar Kader showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ayoub Amrouche in the 62nd minute of the match. Mexborough's Abdessatar Kader played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ayoub Amrouche in the 65th minute of play. Habib Saïb kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Othmane Makhloufi struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Abdessatar Kader didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Purbrook. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ayoub Amrouche during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 70th minute, Ayoub Amrouche hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nabil Ihaddaden hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Malik Cherfa, 72 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. In the 74th minute, Ayoub Amrouche 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. A collision led to Mexborough getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Rostom Guellil hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ayoub Amrouche in the 87th minute of play forced Mexborough's goalkeeper Abdessatar Kader to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Purbrook's Abderrahmane Temmam got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Ouali Aboulker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelkrim Ziani having to interfere. Tarik Ghanem's late challenge caught a Mexborough's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tarik Ghanem helped the player get up and apologised. In the 98th minute Ouali Aboulker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdelkrim Ziani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.