League Play-Off

Workington Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nasri Ouchahbar started the match with the kick off. Workington FC's Winsen Iajour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nasri Ouchahbar in the 4th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nasri Ouchahbar in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Winsen Iajour saved Workington FC from getting behind. If Murad Fellah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Murad Fellah came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Al-Hoceima 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 Murad Fellah couldn't finish the play. In the 18th minute, Murad Fellah left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Al-Hoceima fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 22 minutes, Imrane Loutfi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Al-Hoceima and the Workington FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes Al-Hoceima got a freekick which was hit by Imrane Loutfi. During the 24th minute of the match Imrane Loutfi completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Imrane Loutfi a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 25 played minutes Al-Hoceima got a freekick which was hit by Imrane Loutfi. Nasri Ouchahbar hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 33rdth minute of the game Abdelkarim El Azhari who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Al-Hoceima's Amestan Abdelghani was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Al-Hoceima's goalkeeper Amestan Abdelghani, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Fahd Chretien sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelkarim El Azhari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Amestan Abdelghani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Murad Fellah 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. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abdelkarim El Azhari made a kick off. Faouzi Diba kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Amestan Abdelghani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelkarim El Azhari in the 52nd minute of the match. Amestan Abdelghani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fahd Chretien, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th minute, Fahmi Lahoua hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 60 minutes into the match, Murad Fellah notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Workington FC's Winsen Iajour. Winsen Iajour was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Abdelkarim El Azhari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Abdelkarim El Azhari came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Workington FC 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 Abdelkarim El Azhari couldn't finish the play. After 70 minutes of play Al-Hoceima's Faouzi Diba was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Faouzi Diba hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Amazigh Soulaimani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Murad Fellah kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Amestan Abdelghani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fahd Chretien, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 83 minutes into the match, Abdelkarim El Azhari notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Al-Hoceima's Amestan Abdelghani. Amestan Abdelghani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.