League Play-Off

Evanston
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yacine Horr started the match with the kick off. Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yacine Horr in the 4th minute of the match. In the 7th minute, Sid Ahmed Hamid Brahima hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute, Rafik Bahari sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Niwot's Mehdi Bitat didn't even have to move. Yacine Horr fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon having to interfere. If Abdelhani Besseghir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 18 minutes, Abdelhani Besseghir managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Niwot's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdelhani Besseghir was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Niwot's Mehdi Bitat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Smail Iles in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yacine Horr in the 23rd minute of play forced Evanston's goalkeeper Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Smail Iles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mehdi Bitat having to interfere. In the 33rd minute Yacine Horr shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdelhani Besseghir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon having to interfere. Yacine Horr struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Niwot. Yazid El-Ouafi missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 42 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Mehdi Bitat right hand side. Yazid El-Ouafi's late challenge caught a Niwot's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yazid El-Ouafi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Niwot booed when Evanston was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yazid El-Ouafi didn't get a good kick on the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Smail Iles made a kick off. After 54 played minutes Evanston got a freekick which was hit by Rafik Bahari. Abdelhani Besseghir did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-1 to the left of a surprised Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon 65 minutes into the match. Yazid El-Ouafi hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Yacine Horr sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Evanston booed when Niwot was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rabah Boulmerka didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Mohamed Ben Ahmed Chaouchi came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Evanston 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 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Chaouchi couldn't finish the play. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Chaouchi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Mehdi Bitat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abdelhani Besseghir in the 78th minute. Mehdi Bitat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohamed Ben Ahmed Chaouchi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Evanston's Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yacine Horr in the 85th minute of play. Smail Iles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Farid Khelaifia charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Farid Khelaifia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Evanston's Rachid Baba Ali Liegeon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Farid Khelaifia in the 92nd minute of play. Yazid El-Ouafi hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Niwot's Abdelaziz Yahia couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 95th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Evanston. 97 minutes into the game, one of Niwot:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.