League Play-Off

Ryde Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, 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. Aylan Daoud started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abdenour El Aychi during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Rochford AFC's Yacine Belmadi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Rochford AFC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aylan Daoud in the 18th minute of play forced Ryde's goalkeeper Addas Boudjedra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th match minute, Ryde was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Razi Bendali to maneuver through the defense. Addas Boudjedra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aylan Daoud, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Salah Benguergoura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yacine Belmadi having to interfere. Yacine Belmadi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Salah Benguergoura in the 26th minute. In the 32nd minute of the match Akar Derrida sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Addas Boudjedra skillfully saved the ball. Addas Boudjedra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mounaim Lammari in the 34th minute of play. Aylan Daoud fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Addas Boudjedra having to interfere. 37 minutes into the game, Aylan Daoud cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Addas Boudjedra was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rachid Lamine to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Salah Benguergoura's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yacine Belmadi was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. With a little luck, Ryde's Addas Boudjedra got control of the ball when Mounaim Lammari tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rochford AFC's Aylan Daoud managed to work through Ryde's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Aylan Daoud dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Rochford AFC's Yacine Belmadi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rachid Lamine in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rachid Lamine in the 72nd minute of play forced Rochford AFC's goalkeeper Yacine Belmadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Mounaim Lammari kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Addas Boudjedra. That made the score 1-2 in the 75 minute of play. Yacine Belmadi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rachid Lamine, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rachid Lamine 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. Yacine Belmadi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salah Benguergoura in the 85th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ryde's Abdellah Mazzid got a free kick in the 92nd minute. After having played for 93 minutes, Aylan Daoud managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rochford AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aylan Daoud was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Mounaim Lammari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Rochford AFC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.