League Play-Off

Kingswear Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nacim Djenane started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in Kingswear City's zone, Toufik Guechtouli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Madhi Mekhloufi came out of the goal and Toufik Guechtouli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Afsahi Cerbah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 17th minute, Nacim Djenane 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. In the 18th minute Nacim Djenane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Riad Harkati saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 19th minute of the game. One of Kingswear City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Hinckley:s goal. Madhi Mekhloufi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmed Aïssaoui in the 25th minute of play. Lakhdar Benchenaa's late challenge caught a Hinckley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lakhdar Benchenaa helped the player get up and apologised. Nacim Djenane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Riad Harkati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 37 minutes into the game, Nacim Djenane recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Riad Harkati. Nacim Djenane showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Ahmed Aïssaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Madhi Mekhloufi having to interfere. After 46 minutes of play Kingswear City's Lakhdar Benchenaa was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Kingswear City getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Lakhdar Benchenaa hit a great ball. In the 48th minute, Hadi Bouzzou sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Kingswear City's Madhi Mekhloufi didn't even have to move. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ahmed Aïssaoui to strike the kick off in the second half. After 59 minutes, Nacim Djenane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kingswear City and the Hinckley players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 62nd play minute Toufik Guechtouli came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Madhi Mekhloufi. 2-2. Kingswear City's Afsahi Cerbah got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Kingswear City's zone, Ahmed Aïssaoui stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Madhi Mekhloufi came out of the goal and Ahmed Aïssaoui tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Aïssaoui in the 74th minute of play forced Kingswear City's goalkeeper Madhi Mekhloufi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Ahmed Aïssaoui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hinckley's Ahmed Aïssaoui got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 83rd play minute Toufik Guechtouli came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Madhi Mekhloufi. 2-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Salah Harkati during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Salah Harkati kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Toufik Guechtouli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Madhi Mekhloufi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Kingswear City supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Hinckley's performance. The match ended with a win for Hinckley.