League Play-Off

Bergenfield Stadium
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. Mustapha Mezair started the match with the kick off. Ahmed Ouyahia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Zoheir Zaaboub made a huge save. In the 4th match minute, Babylon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelhamid Boudiaf to maneuver through the defense. 5 minutes in the game, Mustapha Mezair dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Maamar Zidān fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Liamine Ouadah having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Babylon's Tedj Sofiane got a free kick in the 17th minute. Mustapha Mezair fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zoheir Zaaboub having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karim Ghazi in the 19th minute of play forced Babylon's goalkeeper Zoheir Zaaboub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alain Yahia charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alain Yahia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 20th match minute, Babylon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alain Yahia to maneuver through the defense. Liamine Ouadah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mohamed Ben Ahmed Khadra in the 24th minute of the match. Maamar Zidān received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Liamine Ouadah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maamar Zidān's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Liamine Ouadah read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Bergenfield AFC's Mustapha Mezair sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zoheir Zaaboub narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 35 minutes into the match, Maamar Zidān notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Bergenfield AFC's Liamine Ouadah. Liamine Ouadah was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mohamed Ben Ahmed Khadra in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Liamine Ouadah saved Bergenfield AFC from getting behind. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Khadra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 43rd match minute, Bergenfield AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Bougherra to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Maamar Zidān made the kick off in the second half. When Ahmed Ouyahia fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bergenfield AFC's protests and gave Ahmed Ouyahia a yellow card for diving instead. In the 54th match minute, Bergenfield AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmed Ouyahia to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Babylon's Liamine Ouadah threw himself towards the right post 55 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Maamar Zidān, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 56 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bergenfield AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abdelhamid Boudiaf was slow to take the kick. During this time Babylon's players had a chance to rest. Zoheir Zaaboub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustapha Mezair, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zoheir Zaaboub didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Karim Ghazi went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. When Babylon's Mohamed Ben Ahmed Khadra in 73 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Liamine Ouadah guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Liamine Ouadah didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 74th minute, which inside left pole to 1-2. Karim Ghazi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zoheir Zaaboub having to interfere. Mustapha Mezair scored 2-3 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zoheir Zaaboub, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 92nd minute, Alain Yahia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Maamar Zidān had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Babylon players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.