League Play-Off

Ksar-el-Kebir
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Asfru Kharbouchi got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, El Jadida was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yacoub Bouhaja to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Asfru Kharbouchi in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amenzu Abdessadki saved El Jadida from getting behind. After 4 played minutes El Jadida got a freekick which was hit by Yacoub Bouhaja. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nour Chkilit during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 7th match minute, Ksar-el-Kebir Youssoufia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nour Chkilit to maneuver through the defense. Ashraf El Bounadi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salaheddine Alloudi in the 12th minute of play. When Salaheddine Alloudi came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the El Jadida 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 Salaheddine Alloudi couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Salaheddine Alloudi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ashraf El Bounadi was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Ksar-el-Kebir Youssoufia's Marwan Achik got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Ksar-el-Kebir Youssoufia's Ashraf El Bounadi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Asfru Bendahman in the 27th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Raja Diba got free with Amenzu Abdessadki in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match clock showed 32 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Asfru Kharbouchi sped through El Jadida's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Amenzu Abdessadki. Ashraf El Bounadi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Asfru Bendahman in the 47th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Salaheddine Alloudi was the one to do the kick off. Salaheddine Alloudi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Ashraf El Bounadi made a huge save. Ksar-el-Kebir Youssoufia's Ashraf El Bounadi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Ksar-el-Kebir Youssoufia from getting a goal against them. Asfru Kharbouchi struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Amenzu Abdessadki didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ksar-el-Kebir Youssoufia. Asfru Kharbouchi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 60 minutes of play, El Jadida's Asfru Bendahman made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ashraf El Bounadi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Asfru Kharbouchi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Amenzu Abdessadki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th minute Raja Diba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amenzu Abdessadki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, Raja Diba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Amenzu Abdessadki. El Jadida's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Raja Diba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Asfru Bendahman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ashraf El Bounadi having to interfere. After a rather tough play, El Jadida's Yacoub Bouhaja got a free kick in the 80th minute. Amenzu Abdessadki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raja Diba in the 82nd minute of the match. Akersim Akachar's late challenge caught a Ksar-el-Kebir Youssoufia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Akersim Akachar helped the player get up and apologised. After 83 played minutes El Jadida got a freekick which was hit by Akersim Akachar. Ashraf El Bounadi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Asfru Bendahman in the 95th minute.