League Play-Off

Romoland Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ahmed Halimi took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Romoland booed when San Pablo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmed Halimi didn't get a good kick on the ball. El Mohamed took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Harkouk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abdelhamid Seghiri in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg El Mohamed saved Romoland from getting behind. Abdelmalek Zenia's late challenge caught a San Pablo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdelmalek Zenia helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Romoland's Abdelmalek Zenia got a free kick in the 9th minute. Mohamed Cherfa didn't quite understand what happened when in the 11 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. El Mohamed showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmed Halimi, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Mohammed Soltani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Salah Zarabi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohammed Soltani's late challenge caught a San Pablo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohammed Soltani helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Romoland getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Mohammed Soltani hit a great ball. After 21 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Romoland! Ali Harkouk's late challenge caught a Romoland's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ali Harkouk helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to San Pablo getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Ali Harkouk hit a great ball. El Mohamed made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Harkouk in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute Ahmed Halimi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but El Mohamed saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Halimi in the 40th minute of play forced Romoland's goalkeeper El Mohamed to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Mohammed Soltani 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. San Pablo's Salah Zarabi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chadli Guendouz in the 45th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chadli Guendouz to make the kick off. Chadli Guendouz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 55 minutes, Mohamed Asma mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Romoland and the San Pablo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mohamed Asma hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Hocine Mehenni hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Mohammed Soltani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salah Zarabi having to interfere. A collision led to San Pablo getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Benamar Ramdani hit a great ball. 61 minutes into the match, San Pablo's goal looked a bit too open when Mohammed Soltani came free, but Salah Zarabi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mohammed Soltani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Romoland getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. René Hamruche hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Romoland's René Hamruche got a free kick in the 71st minute. In the 72nd minute of the match Mohamed Cherfa sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but El Mohamed skillfully saved the ball. Ali Harkouk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without El Mohamed having to interfere. San Pablo's Ahmed Halimi got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 78th minute of the match, Benamar Ramdani got a very nice opportunity to score, but El Mohamed was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. El Mohamed took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benamar Ramdani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 82 minutes of play, San Pablo's Ali Harkouk made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. El Mohamed was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 84 played minutes San Pablo got a freekick which was hit by Benamar Ramdani. Salah Zarabi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chadli Guendouz, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Ali Harkouk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. San Pablo had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.