League Play-Off

Cressage
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Imed Benachour kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Knottingley City's goalkeeper Habib Nafti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Med Ali Hadji. Habib Nafti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Med Ali Hadji, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Cressage FC's Med Ali Hadji got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 11 minutes into the match, Habib Gharbi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maher Benslimane . Cressage FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Habib Gharbi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 15 minutes, Anouar Khcharem mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Knottingley City and the Cressage FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 15th minute, Anouar Khcharem hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18th minute, Med Ali Hadji fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Maher Benslimane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Imed Benachour, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 30 played minutes Mourad Farhat rounded Knottingley City's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. Med Ali Hadji received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Habib Nafti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Med Ali Hadji received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Habib Nafti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Cressage FC defense, Habib Gharbi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Maher Benslimane . The Cressage FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Maher Benslimane should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Mourad Farhat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Habib Nafti was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. Mourad Farhat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Habib Nafti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Mohamed Ali Idir fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Knottingley City's protests and gave Mohamed Ali Idir a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Knottingley City getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Mohamed Ali Idir hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mourad Farhat stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Knottingley City's Habib Gharbi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Maher Benslimane made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Maher Benslimane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Imed Benachour in the 59th minute of play. Maher Benslimane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Imed Benachour, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Imed Benachour sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 75thth minute of the game Mourad Farhat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Knottingley City's Habib Nafti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mourad Farhat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Habib Nafti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Cressage FC's Abdelbaki Chiba got a free kick in the 79th minute. After 81 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Knottingley City! The referee gave Cressage FC a penalty, 83 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Sofiene Melliti, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Knottingley City's Habib Nafti. 2-3. In the 86th minute, Yassine El Ouaer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Mohamed Ali Idir was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 91 minutes had been played. A collision led to Knottingley City getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Mohamed Ali Idir hit a great ball. In the 93rd minute Mourad Farhat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Habib Nafti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mourad Farhat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle went the supporters of Knottingley City were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Cressage FC side.