League Play-Off

Washington Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Brooksville's Ali Kaci Said started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tahar Saci sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 6 minutes into the game, Nouara Boufroura cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Rachid Sadi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tahar Saci's late challenge caught a Brooksville's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tahar Saci helped the player get up and apologised. Tahar Saci hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Rachid Sadi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nouara Boufroura in the 12th minute. Rachid Sadi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nasserredine Souakri in the 15th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nouara Boufroura got free with Rachid Sadi in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 35th minute Fodil El-Hadi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nouredine Diss saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 37 minutes, Ali Kaci Said made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Washington FC's Nouredine Diss tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 42 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Ali Kaci Said sped through Washington FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nouredine Diss. After 47 minutes of play, Brooksville's Safy Dahleb made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nouredine Diss was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The wind increased when Nasserredine Souakri made the kick off in the second half. Rachid Sadi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nasserredine Souakri went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Farès Bensaoula hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. In the 63rd match minute, Brooksville was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Safy Dahleb to maneuver through the defense. Nouara Boufroura 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. In the 78th minute, Fodil El-Hadi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brooksville fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. Tahar Saci hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. An unexpected shot in the 88th minute by Fodil El-Hadi got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Nouredine Diss showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Kaci Said, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. With a little luck, Washington FC's Nouredine Diss got control of the ball when Fodil El-Hadi tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nouara Boufroura in the 97th minute of play forced Brooksville's goalkeeper Rachid Sadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Brooksville walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.