League Play-Off

Meknès
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Badis Rifi got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Meknès Fath getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Wassim Ali hit a great ball. In the 9th minute Badis Rifi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fayssal Ouchalla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emad Bagui hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute of the match Nizar Lahoua shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fayssal Ouchalla showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Saber El Hirech sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 26th minute, Munsif Sakim made a precise shot to the right of Fayssal Ouchalla. Meknès Fath's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Munsif Sakim struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Fayssal Ouchalla didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Taza Tihad. Aksim Kharja hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. The supporters of Taza Tihad booed when Meknès Fath was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wassim Ali didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fayssal Ouchalla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Badis Rifi in the 36th minute of the match. Fahd Diba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Salaheddine Kadmiri made a huge save. After 41 minutes, Meddur Ben Chrifa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Taza Tihad and the Meknès Fath players grew even worse after the yellow card. Meknès Fath's Saber El Hirech got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fahd Diba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Salaheddine Kadmiri made a huge save. If Badis Rifi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

In the 52nd minute, Saber El Hirech got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Munsif Sakim succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 54th playminute. Chakib Fouhami's late challenge caught a Meknès Fath's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Chakib Fouhami helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th minute, Chakib Fouhami hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Munsif Sakim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Munsif Sakim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fayssal Ouchalla having to interfere. 66 minutes in the game, Badis Rifi fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Fayssal Ouchalla having to interfere. Munsif Sakim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fayssal Ouchalla having to interfere. Saber El Hirech received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Salaheddine Kadmiri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th match minute, Taza Tihad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Meddur Ben Chrifa to maneuver through the defense. Amestan Benaskar was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 75th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Taza Tihad's Meddur Ben Chrifa got a free kick in the 79th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Taza Tihad's zone, Fahd Diba stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Salaheddine Kadmiri came out of the goal and Fahd Diba tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 84th minute, Fahd Diba made a precise shot to the right of Salaheddine Kadmiri. Taza Tihad's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. With a little luck, Meknès Fath's Fayssal Ouchalla got control of the ball when Munsif Sakim tried to sneak it across the goal line. Meknès Fath's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Badis Rifi 93 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Taza Tihad eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.