League Play-Off

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Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Farid Daham got the match started through his kick off. Souad Djamel hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. When Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Muscoy 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 Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji couldn't finish the play. Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mourad Soltani having to interfere. Anthar Ghozali made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Souad Djamel sent off a good shot on target. In the 14th minute, Hocine Djebar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 20 minutes into the match, Muscoy's Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mourad Soltani narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Muscoy's Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji managed to get in a good position for a shot. Muscoy's supporters rose to their feet, but Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mourad Soltani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nasreddine Bedjaoui kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Mourad Soltani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mourad Soltani was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. 42 minutes into the match, Page FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tahar Benhamou came free, but Mourad Soltani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji made the kick off in the second half. Mourad Soltani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mourad Soltani having to interfere. Mourad Soltani was a little too slow when Tahar Benhamou got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 56th minute. The score was now 0-1. Mourad Soltani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. The supporters of Page FC booed when Muscoy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Madhi Bitat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmed Soltani took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Anthar Ghozali. Muscoy's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Muscoy 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 Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji couldn't finish the play. If Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mourad Soltani made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Mouloud Bouteflika sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Page FC's zone, Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mourad Soltani came out of the goal and Lounès Cohen-Tannoudji tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Muscoy booed when Page FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nasreddine Bedjaoui didn't get a good kick on the ball. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by Page FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tahar Benhamou was slow to take the kick. During this time Muscoy's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Muscoy's Tahar Benhamou to fire away a dangerous shot which Mourad Soltani despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 92nd minute, Tahar Benhamou made a precise shot to the right of Mourad Soltani. Page FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After a defensive mix-up in Page FC's zone, Tahar Benhamou stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mourad Soltani came out of the goal and Tahar Benhamou tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.