League Play-Off

Glen Lyon
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Fort Stockton FC's Hamid Djebbour started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Abdulhamid Khelaifia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hamid Djebbour in the 3rd minute of the match. Hamid Djebbour fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdulhamid Khelaifia having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Glen Lyon FC's Rachid Chaib got a free kick in the 11th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hameur Al-Jazairia got free with Cheb Mamouni in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Glen Lyon FC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Lili Zidane hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Hamid Djebbour managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fort Stockton FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hamid Djebbour was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abdulhamid Khelaifia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Fort Stockton FC's Hamid Djebbour in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Glen Lyon FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 31st minute Rachid Chaib shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cheb Mamouni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Glen Lyon FC's Rachid Chaib got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Cheb Mamouni was a little too slow when Rachid Chaib got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 37th minute. The score was now 1-0. Abdulhamid Khelaifia came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Fort Stockton FC's Hamid Djebbour. But to his dismay, Hamid Djebbour quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Rachid Chaib succeeded in the game's 46th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rachid Chaib stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Rachid Chaib had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hamid Djebbour fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdulhamid Khelaifia having to interfere. After 65 minutes, Rabah Laref mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fort Stockton FC and the Glen Lyon FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 64th minute of the game. One of Fort Stockton FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Glen Lyon FC:s goal. 70 minutes into the match, Glen Lyon FC's goalkeeper Abdulhamid Khelaifia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hamid Djebbour. Hameur Al-Jazairia kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hamid Djebbour in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abdulhamid Khelaifia saved Glen Lyon FC from getting behind. A collision led to Fort Stockton FC getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Rabah Laref hit a great ball. Ahmed Abdenouz was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 75th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Hameur Al-Jazairia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cheb Mamouni having to interfere. Hamid Djebbour received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Abdulhamid Khelaifia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 99th minute, Rachid Chaib left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Glen Lyon FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Glen Lyon FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.