League Play-Off

Saylorville Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abdelhamid Merah-Benida got the match started through his kick off. Chadli Chaib made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mohammed Fari in the 5th minute. 1-0 became the score in the 6th minute when Abdelhamid Merah-Benida elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Chadli Chaib showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chih Bouazza in the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pomona's goalkeeper Chadli Chaib, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Yacine Cherrad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Farès Aggoune, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Chadli Chaib didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Saylorville's Mohammed Fari shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 24 minutes into the game, Bellemou Benbitour was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Saylorville's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pomona the free kick. The supporters of Pomona booed when Saylorville was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bellemou Benbitour didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 27 minutes, Chadli Chaib successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Chadli Chaib made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdelhamid Merah-Benida in the 29th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Abdelhamid Merah-Benida kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Chadli Chaib. That made the score 3-0 in the 35 minute of play. With his leg Chadli Chaib managed to avoid a goal in the 39thth minute, when Saylorville's Mohammed Fari fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Pomona's goalkeeper Chadli Chaib, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Farès Aggoune received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Yacine Cherrad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohammed Fari who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 46thth minute tested the skills of Chadli Chaib when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 47 minutes into the game, Gilles Abbas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pomona's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Saylorville the free kick. In the 47th match minute, Pomona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilles Abbas to maneuver through the defense. Chadli Chaib was out of position in the 48 minute of play, and Abdelhamid Merah-Benida capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Abdelhamid Merah-Benida really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anther Zaaf stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Chadli Chaib made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdelhamid Merah-Benida in the 54th minute of play. Pomona's Chadli Chaib played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mohammed Fari in the 55th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Abdelhamid Merah-Benida left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Saylorville fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. 64 minutes into the game, Mohammed Fari cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Chadli Chaib was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mouloud Faudel hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Chadli Chaib showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdelhamid Merah-Benida, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohammed Fari in the 73rd minute of play forced Pomona's goalkeeper Chadli Chaib to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Mohammed Fari shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chadli Chaib saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mohammed Fari recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 83rdth minute of the game Abdelhamid Merah-Benida who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pomona's Chadli Chaib was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Mohammed Fari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Saylorville's Abdelhamid Merah-Benida got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 97th minute, Abdelhamid Merah-Benida ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chadli Chaib was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Saylorville fully deserved thier win.