League Play-Off

New Haven
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Billel Djamel took the kick off in the first half of the match. Maamar Mekhloufi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Tayeb Mérah-Benida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When New Haven's Abd al-Asis Cherrad in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rendon's goalie prevented a goal. In the 14th match minute, Rendon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmed Madjer to maneuver through the defense. New Haven's Khair ad-Din Hamruche couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 15th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Rendon. The audience was convinced that Abd al-Asis Cherrad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mohammed Ahmed Abdenouz was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Abd al-Asis Cherrad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohammed Ahmed Abdenouz having to interfere. When Billel Djamel came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Rendon 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 Billel Djamel couldn't finish the play. After 26 minutes, Said Maillot mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rendon and the New Haven players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khair ad-Din Hamruche in the 27th minute of play forced Rendon's goalkeeper Mohammed Ahmed Abdenouz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tayeb Mérah-Benida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Billel Djamel in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Billel Djamel in the 32nd minute of play forced New Haven's goalkeeper Tayeb Mérah-Benida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kader Douibi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Tayeb Mérah-Benida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. New Haven's Rachid Djebbour got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Rachid Djebbour came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the New Haven 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 Rachid Djebbour couldn't finish the play. After 46 played minutes New Haven got a freekick which was hit by Abdelnasser Soltani. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Abd al-Asis Cherrad made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, New Haven's Tedj Abbas got a free kick in the 51st minute. After a rather tough play, Rendon's Kader Douibi got a free kick in the 55th minute. Mohammed Ahmed Abdenouz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abd al-Asis Cherrad went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind New Haven's goalkeeper Tayeb Mérah-Benida, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 64th minute, Kader Douibi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, New Haven's Tayeb Mérah-Benida got control of the ball when Maamar Mekhloufi tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, New Haven's Tayeb Mérah-Benida got control of the ball when Maamar Mekhloufi tried to sneak it across the goal line. 74 minutes into the match, New Haven's goalkeeper Tayeb Mérah-Benida had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maamar Mekhloufi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rachid Djebbour in the 79th minute of play forced Rendon's goalkeeper Mohammed Ahmed Abdenouz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Billel Djamel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by New Haven's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Youssef Zaoui was slow to take the kick. During this time Rendon's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Rendon's Mohammad Kaci Malek getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. A collision led to New Haven getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Rachid Baba Ali Kensi hit a great ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Rendon players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for New Haven.