League Play-Off

Virginia Gardens Sta
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Abderaouf Ben Khalidi in the 3rd minute of play forced Chesterton FC's goalkeeper Adlène Bezzaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute Ahmed Asma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Camel Zitouni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Camel Zitouni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abderraouf Kerbouche in the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Asma in the 16th minute of play forced Virginia Gardens's goalkeeper Camel Zitouni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chesterton FC's Abderraouf Kerbouche got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 23rdth minute of the game Abderaouf Ben Khalidi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chesterton FC's Adlène Bezzaz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 25th minute, Ahmed Asma 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. A collision led to Virginia Gardens getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Abdellah Mansouri hit a great ball. Camel Zitouni stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ahmed Asma's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Ahmed Asma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Camel Zitouni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute of the match Safy Benaouf shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Camel Zitouni showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Abderaouf Ben Khalidi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adlène Bezzaz having to interfere. Camel Zitouni came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Chesterton FC's Ahmed Asma. But to his dismay, Ahmed Asma quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After the first half Chesterton FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 54th minute Ahmed Asma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Camel Zitouni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Virginia Gardens's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ahmed Asma 55 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-2. Ahmed Reda Sellal hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. If Tedj Skif had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Virginia Gardens booed when Chesterton FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmed Reda Sellal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abderraouf Kerbouche blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Camel Zitouni having to make a save. Chesterton FC's Abderraouf Kerbouche got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Ahmed Asma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Virginia Gardens's Camel Zitouni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Virginia Gardens from getting a goal against them. Chesterton FC's Adlène Bezzaz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abderaouf Ben Khalidi in the 83rd minute of play. After 84 played minutes Chesterton FC got a freekick which was hit by Karim Larbes. When Tedj Skif came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Virginia Gardens 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 Tedj Skif couldn't finish the play. Adlène Bezzaz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abderaouf Ben Khalidi's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Adlène Bezzaz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tedj Skif went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score.