League Play-Off

Selsey 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. Atmane Menad started the match with the kick off. In the 11th match minute, Calverley City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ziane Gharnati to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th minute Rayane Arouaba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdel Kazi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chawki Chadl took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 19th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Yacine Tahar. Selsey United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 24th match minute, Calverley City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Atmane Menad to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute, Atmane Menad left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Calverley City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Badr Arouani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yacine Tahar having to interfere. Atmane Menad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th minute Badr Arouani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yacine Tahar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Atmane Menad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yacine Tahar having to interfere. Calverley City's Abdel Kazi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Calverley City from getting a goal against them.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rayane Arouaba to make the kick off. Abdel Kazi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdechahid Aïssaoui, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. If Abdechahid Aïssaoui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 61 minutes into the game, Houd Aouni was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Calverley City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Selsey United the free kick. In the 62nd minute, Houd Aouni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Haroun Makkeb, 62 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 67th minute, Farouk Khelaifia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 70 minutes, Chérif Zeghoudi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Selsey United and the Calverley City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Chérif Zeghoudi kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Ziane Gharnati received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Yacine Tahar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 79 minutes into the match, Calverley City's goal looked a bit too open when Rayane Arouaba came free, but Abdel Kazi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Rayane Arouaba came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Selsey United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rayane Arouaba couldn't finish the play. Rayane Arouaba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 87 minutes into the match, Selsey United's Rayane Arouaba sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdel Kazi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 91 minutes of play, Selsey United's Abdechahid Aïssaoui made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdel Kazi was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Selsey United getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Chafik El Kebir hit a great ball. Abdel Kazi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rayane Arouaba, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. During the 98th minute of the match Houd Aouni completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Houd Aouni a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Calverley City's Houd Aouni got a free kick in the 99th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.