League Play-Off

Hanceville Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nabil Khaldi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mouloud Benaouf, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the match, Bell's Mohamed Djamel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nabil Khaldi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mouloud Benaouf's late challenge caught a Hanceville FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mouloud Benaouf helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th match minute, Bell was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mouloud Benaouf to maneuver through the defense. Cheb Kourichi had several of the Bell's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 10 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Sid Allalou as he didn't even see the shot coming. Sid Allalou made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Cheb Kourichi sent off a good shot on target. Nabil Khaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fawzi Bencherif in the 26th minute of the match. If Mohamed Djamel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mohamed Djamel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nabil Khaldi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. Rabah Merzekane's late challenge caught a Bell's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rabah Merzekane helped the player get up and apologised. Zīn ud-Dīn Toumi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sid Allalou having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mohamed Djamel was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Hanceville FC's Nabil Khaldi got control of the ball when Fawzi Bencherif tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 57 minutes, Mohamed Djamel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bell's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mohamed Djamel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zīn ud-Dīn Toumi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sid Allalou having to interfere. In the 64th minute, Mohamed Djamel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hanceville FC's Nabil Khaldi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Hanceville FC from getting a goal against them. After 79 played minutes Hanceville FC got a freekick which was hit by Ferhat Ziani. In the 80th minute, Yahia Mérah-Benida got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Zīn ud-Dīn Toumi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Sid Allalou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 86th match minute, Hanceville FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rabah Merzekane to maneuver through the defense. Hanceville FC's Nabil Khaldi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Hanceville FC from getting a goal against them. Fawzi Bencherif received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Nabil Khaldi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 97 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hanceville FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yahia Mérah-Benida was slow to take the kick. During this time Bell's players had a chance to rest. Bell's Yahia Mérah-Benida was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nabil Khaldi in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Hanceville FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Bell had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.