League Play-Off

Alston Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lamine Amsallem made the kick off which started today's match. After 8 minutes, Akawel Djeballi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the South Benfleet and the Alston AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Alston AFC booed when South Benfleet was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Akawel Djeballi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Amdegh Cherfa made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Idras Labi sent off a good shot on target. In the 21st minute, Mohamed Zouccal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Lamine Amsallem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fouad Bouzid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelatif Ihidjaten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Amdegh Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fouad Bouzid in the 31st minute of play forced South Benfleet's goalkeeper Amdegh Cherfa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fouad Bouzid received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Amdegh Cherfa came out and tried to block the shot, but Fouad Bouzid slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 33rd minute. Idras Labi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Amdegh Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lamine Amsallem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Salim Zemirli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Salim Zemirli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lamine Amsallem, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fouad Bouzid stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Akawel Djeballi was shown his second yellow card after 54 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 54 played minutes South Benfleet got a freekick which was hit by Akawel Djeballi. Fouad Bouzid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Amdegh Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alston AFC's Salim Zemirli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Alston AFC from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Samir Mamouni got free with Salim Zemirli in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Labib Akvayli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Samir Mamouni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Samir Mamouni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fouad Bouzid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Amdegh Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Idras Labi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Amdegh Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Idras Labi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Fouad Bouzid fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amdegh Cherfa having to interfere. Amdegh Cherfa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fouad Bouzid in the 94th minute of play. South Benfleet's Samir Mamouni got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. For all the effort they put into the match, the South Benfleet players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Alston AFC.