League Play-Off

Edmond
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, 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. Ahmed Reda Hamid started the match with the kick off. Edmond's Ahmed Benzine got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpected shot in the 18th minute by Ahmed Benzine got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Bouzid Zaoui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Sofiane Lacen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmed Benzine in the 22ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Sofiane Lacen, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Bouzid Zaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sofiane Lacen having to interfere. Robersonville's Sofiane Lacen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Robersonville from getting a goal against them. In the 37th match minute, Robersonville was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelhamid El-Hadi to maneuver through the defense. Sofiane Lacen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bouzid Zaoui, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tayeb Kerkar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmed Reda Hamid, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robersonville's Ahmed Reda Hamid got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Robersonville booed when Edmond was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fadel Khaldi didn't get a good kick on the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Abdelhamid El-Hadi hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the game's 55th minute Edmond's Sid Ahmed el Ibrahimi took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Sofiane Lacen and thus the score was 1-0. Ahmed Reda Hamid fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tayeb Kerkar having to interfere. If Medjadi Boumedienne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 69 minutes into the game, Abd el Benmabrouk was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Edmond's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Robersonville the free kick. After 69 played minutes Edmond got a freekick which was hit by Abd el Benmabrouk. In the 71st minute, Ahmed Reda Hamid 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. 74 minutes into the match, Robersonville's goal looked a bit too open when Bouzid Zaoui came free, but Sofiane Lacen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 77 played minutes Robersonville got a freekick which was hit by Kateb Bellemou Messaoud. Sofiane Lacen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bouzid Zaoui, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Robersonville getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Abdelhamid El-Hadi hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bouzid Zaoui in the 80th minute of play forced Robersonville's goalkeeper Sofiane Lacen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdelhamid El-Hadi was shown his second yellow card after 86 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Abdelhamid El-Hadi hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Ahmed Benzine fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sofiane Lacen having to interfere. After having played for 92 minutes, Ahmed Benzine managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Edmond's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ahmed Benzine was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Edmond's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.