League Play-Off

Yapton Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Habib Kazi-Tani started the match with the kick off. Belkheir Sellami received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Ismael Chaffaï tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nasserredine Zaaf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aissa Hanin having to interfere. Aissa Hanin came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Holford AFC's Nasserredine Zaaf. But to his dismay, Nasserredine Zaaf quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. A collision led to Yapton United getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Bachir Aounellah hit a great ball. Holford AFC's Ismael Chaffaï played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Belkheir Sellami in the 27th minute of play. Aissa Hanin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nasserredine Zaaf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nasserredine Zaaf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aissa Hanin having to interfere. Yapton United's Aissa Hanin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nasserredine Zaaf in the 35th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Belkheir Sellami's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ismael Chaffaï was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Belkheir Sellami was the one to do the kick off. If Belkheir Sellami had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fawzi Benichou kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Ghazi Kerkar took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ismael Chaffaï. Holford AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 67th minute, Afaghis Mebtoul hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Afaghis Mebtoul struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Aissa Hanin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Holford AFC. Ismael Chaffaï made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walid Arrache in the 75th minute of play. Belkheir Sellami might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ismael Chaffaï. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Belkheir Sellami ran back to his position shaking his head. Belkheir Sellami sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The Yapton United fans' excitement grew in the 81st match minute when Yapton United's Walid Arrache looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Ghazi Kerkar hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. 86 minutes into the match, Abdelhafid Aounellah sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Aissa Hanin threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Abdelhafid Aounellah this time. If Habib Kazi-Tani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 90th minute, Adib Hamdani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Belkheir Sellami received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Ismael Chaffaï tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yapton United's defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Habib Kazi-Tani scored to the left of an out of position Aissa Hanin, making the score, 2-2. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.