League Play-Off

Sylvania Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abdelmalek Guendouz took the kick off in the first half of the match. Walid Taha's late challenge caught a Tulare's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Walid Taha helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sylvania getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Walid Taha hit a great ball. Sid Hamouda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Thanks to some nice moves Ali Mimoun could shoot a difficult shot in the 12th minute, which Nasser Benbitour however easily saved by the left post. Robert Saïd-Guerni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Rachid Amirouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Sylvania's Walid Taha got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute, Madhi Cherfa sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Sylvania's Rachid Amirouche didn't even have to move. A collision led to Sylvania getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Abdelmalek Guendouz hit a great ball. If Abdelmalek Guendouz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abderrahmane Benhamou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rachid Amirouche stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Robert Saïd-Guerni's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. A collision led to Sylvania getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Thelma Mammeri hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute, Madhi Cherfa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Tulare's zone, Abdelmalek Guendouz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nasser Benbitour came out of the goal and Abdelmalek Guendouz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ali Mimoun succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 37th playminute. A collision led to Sylvania getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Abdelmalek Guendouz hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Robert Saïd-Guerni made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Tulare's Ali Raï got a free kick in the 51st minute. Abderrahmane Benhamou who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 54thth minute tested the skills of Rachid Amirouche when he managed to save the team from getting behind. If Ali Mimoun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Djamel Bouziane hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the game, Thelma Mammeri was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sylvania's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tulare the free kick. Thelma Mammeri kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Tulare's Madhi Cherfa shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 66th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Rachid Amirouche but with some difficulty. Nasser Benbitour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Mimoun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Robert Saïd-Guerni managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tulare's supporters rose to their feet, but Robert Saïd-Guerni was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rachid Amirouche breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cheb Hamdoud's shot from long distance in the 75th minute was not bad at all, but Sylvania's Rachid Amirouche knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. If Abderrahmane Benhamou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abderrahmane Benhamou could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Rachid Amirouche made a huge save. Ali Mimoun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ali Raï kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Robert Saïd-Guerni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Rachid Amirouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Sylvania fans cheered their team off the field, for while Tulare had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.