League Play-Off

Grasmere
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arsan Soltani got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 18 minutes, Amjad Kharroubi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ormskirk AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amjad Kharroubi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marouane Cerbah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Ismaël Messaoud tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 22nd play minute Maamar Hammad came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ismaël Messaoud. 1-0. Maamar Hammad received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ismaël Messaoud came out and tried to block the shot, but Maamar Hammad slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 27th minute. Daho Bezzaz charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daho Bezzaz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 32 played minutes Ormskirk AFC got a freekick which was hit by Daho Bezzaz. In the 35th minute, Arsan 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. When Marouane Cerbah fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Grasmere City's protests and gave Marouane Cerbah a yellow card for diving instead. Dari Ahmed kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Arsan Soltani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 59 minutes into the match, Ormskirk AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Marouane Cerbah came free, but Ismaël Messaoud reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsan Soltani in the 61st minute of play forced Ormskirk AFC's goalkeeper Ismaël Messaoud to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th match minute, Grasmere City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marouane Cerbah to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsan Soltani in the 71st minute of play forced Ormskirk AFC's goalkeeper Ismaël Messaoud to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maamar Hammad in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ismaël Messaoud saved Ormskirk AFC from getting behind. After 75 played minutes Ormskirk AFC got a freekick which was hit by Daho Bezzaz. Maamar Hammad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Ismaël Messaoud tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arsan Soltani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ismaël Messaoud having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Maamar Hammad 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. After 87 minutes, Amjad Kharroubi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ormskirk AFC and the Grasmere City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 92nd minute, Arsan Soltani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ismaël Messaoud was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Grasmere City fully deserved thier win.