League Play-Off

Margate Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nouara Abbas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Daho Hemdani's late challenge caught a Neasden's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daho Hemdani helped the player get up and apologised. Daho Hemdani kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Abdelaziz Radjef hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daho Hemdani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Mansour Zaâmoum made a huge save. Daho Hemdani scored 1-0 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mansour Zaâmoum, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Daho Hemdani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nouara Abbas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mansour Zaâmoum came out and tried to block the shot, but Nouara Abbas slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 26th minute. When Daho Hemdani came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Margate 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 Daho Hemdani couldn't finish the play. Neasden's Achir Benflis got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In a very dangerous position, a player in Margate fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 38th minute. Penalty! In the 40th minute there was a penalty for Neasden. Aylan Ayad stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Taha Khaldi. 2-1. Mansour Zaâmoum took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nouara Abbas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Brahim Souakri was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, one of Margate:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Margate. In the 54th minute, Neasden got a penalty, and Aylan Ayad placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post. When the match had been going on for 60 minutes, Neasden's Aylan Ayad got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Taha Khaldi. Yunes Gaouaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Taha Khaldi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Brahim Souakri's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. After having played for 80 minutes, Achir Benflis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Neasden's supporters crossed their fingers, but Achir Benflis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Brahim Souakri came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Neasden 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 Brahim Souakri couldn't finish the play. Daho Hemdani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Mansour Zaâmoum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilias Ammouri hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Daho Hemdani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Margate's supporters rose to their feet, but Daho Hemdani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mansour Zaâmoum breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 96th match minute, Margate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdul Macias to maneuver through the defense. Taha Khaldi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brahim Souakri in the 97th minute of play.