League Play-Off

Thurmaston
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hacène Beaufort got the match started through his kick off. Akmar Zughba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slimane Soltani in the 2nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Slimane Soltani in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Akmar Zughba saved Thurmaston FC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slimane Soltani in the 8th minute of play forced Thurmaston FC's goalkeeper Akmar Zughba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slimane Soltani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Slimane Soltani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Akmar Zughba having to interfere. 24 minutes into the match, Slimane Soltani notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Thurmaston FC's Akmar Zughba. Akmar Zughba was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Slimane Soltani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Akmar Zughba having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Slimane Soltani stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nordine Ghazi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hacène Beaufort in the 53rd minute of the match. If Slimane Soltani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ramzi Zidane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Slimane Soltani's late challenge caught a Thurmaston FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Slimane Soltani helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th match minute, Binsted was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Slimane Soltani to maneuver through the defense. Slimane Soltani hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Abdelmoumène Bezzaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Nordine Ghazi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lamine Arrache hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 79th minute, when Binsted's Rafik El Hadi after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Akmar Zughba in Thurmaston FC's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. When Abdelmoumène Bezzaz came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Thurmaston FC 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 Abdelmoumène Bezzaz couldn't finish the play. In the 98th minute Hacène Beaufort shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nordine Ghazi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Binsted players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.