League Play-Off

Berkane Elmalaab Lba
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ayub Oulhaj took the kick off in the first half of the match. Irat El Kasmi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ziyad Ait Yahya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Irat El Kasmi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Ayub Oulhaj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abdelmajid Ziati fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Munsif Bagui having to interfere. When Zeineddine Tafersit fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Asilah Raja's protests and gave Zeineddine Tafersit a yellow card for diving instead. After 20 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Asilah Raja! The audience was convinced that Abdelmajid Ziati's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Munsif Bagui was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Abdelmajid Ziati's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Munsif Bagui was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Raja Boukhari hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelmajid Ziati stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bahja Rifi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ziyad Ait Yahya made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Irat El Kasmi sent off a good shot on target. Abdelmajid Ziati fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Munsif Bagui having to interfere. Asilah Raja's Munsif Bagui played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdelmajid Ziati in the 66th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Asilah Raja's goal looked a bit too open when Bahja Rifi came free, but Munsif Bagui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Irat El Kasmi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ziyad Ait Yahya having to interfere. After 73 minutes, Marwan Dolmi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Berkane and the Asilah Raja players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marwan Dolmi hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Irat El Kasmi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Ziyad Ait Yahya tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bahja Rifi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Irat El Kasmi came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Asilah Raja 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 Irat El Kasmi couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Asilah Raja's zone, Abdelmajid Ziati stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Munsif Bagui came out of the goal and Abdelmajid Ziati tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ayub Oulhaj in the 97th minute of play forced Berkane's goalkeeper Ziyad Ait Yahya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Asilah Raja's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.