League Play-Off

Burnham on Sea Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Imad Ouyahia started the match with the kick off. Abdel Benyoucef kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Kader Bedjaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 13th minute, Mabrouk Gaouaoui hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Imad Ouyahia in the 14th minute of play forced Thorne City's goalkeeper Ammuch Cixous to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Thorne City's Ammuch Cixous got control of the ball when Kader Bedjaoui tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Imad Abbas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 26 minutes of play, Thorne City's Lamine Bouteflika made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mahboub Bilal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Burnham on Sea AFC's Mahboub Bilal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lamine Bouteflika in the 36th minute of play. Imad Ouyahia might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ammuch Cixous. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Imad Ouyahia ran back to his position shaking his head. Imad Ouyahia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Ammuch Cixous tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ammuch Cixous showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Imad Ouyahia in the 46th minute of the match. Kader Bedjaouis short, quick shot in the 47thth minute got Ammuch Cixous to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lamine Bouteflika stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Burnham on Sea AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdel Benyoucef to maneuver through the defense. In the 52nd minute, Yahia Bouzina sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Burnham on Sea AFC's Mahboub Bilal didn't even have to move. If Lamine Bouteflika had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nacer Dib fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahboub Bilal having to interfere. Lamine Bouteflika struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Mahboub Bilal didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Thorne City. 62 minutes into the match, Burnham on Sea AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Lamine Bouteflika came free, but Mahboub Bilal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lamine Bouteflika in the 76th minute of play forced Burnham on Sea AFC's goalkeeper Mahboub Bilal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Thorne City's Lamine Bouteflika sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mahboub Bilal narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 85th minute, Kader Bedjaoui ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ammuch Cixous was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 92nd minute Lamine Bouteflika shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mahboub Bilal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Imad Abbas hit a great freekick 99 minutes into the match. Nacer Dib sent away a hard shot on goal in the 101st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.