League Play-Off

Portchester Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abdulhamid Bilal kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Benamar Zaghidour's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abderraouf Kouidri was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Bendjedid Rimitti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nabil Mesbah went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. If Abdulhamid Bilal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Abdulhamid Bilal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Portchester's Abderraouf Kouidri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laïd Zughba in the 18th minute of play. If Benamar Zaghidour had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Dove Holes's zone, Abdulhamid Bilal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bendjedid Rimitti came out of the goal and Abdulhamid Bilal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Abderraouf Kouidri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benamar Zaghidour, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 38th minute Laïd Zughba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abderraouf Kouidri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benamar Zaghidour fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abderraouf Kouidri having to interfere. Abderraouf Kouidri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benamar Zaghidour, who was totally free with the ball in the 49th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Abderraouf Kouidri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laïd Zughba in the 53rd minute of the match. Portchester's Abderraouf Kouidri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benamar Zaghidour in the 57th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Abdulhamid Bilal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bendjedid Rimitti. Dove Holes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abdulhamid Bilal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Abderraouf Kouidri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benamar Zaghidour in the 63rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Portchester's Abderraouf Kouidri got control of the ball when Benamar Zaghidour tried to sneak it across the goal line. Akar Zeghbouche kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Dove Holes's Laïd Zughba slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Abderraouf Kouidri. That made the score 2-2 after 66 minutes of play. Abdulhamid Bilal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Bendjedid Rimitti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Abdulhamid Bilal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Nabil Mesbah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Abdulhamid Bilal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Portchester's Abderraouf Kouidri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Portchester from getting a goal against them. Portchester were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.