League Play-Off

West Plains
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. Abd al-Asis Bouzid started the match with the kick off. In the 10th minute, Noureddine Soltani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10th minute of the match Mohamed Bouzid shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Karim Oussar showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in West Plains AFC's zone, Souad Zidane stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karim Oussar came out of the goal and Souad Zidane tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Jal FC's Jean-Baptiste Prévost got a free kick in the 14th minute. The audience was convinced that Rabah Madjer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karim Oussar was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. In the 17th match minute, West Plains AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohamed Merbah to maneuver through the defense. In the 18th minute, Rabah Madjer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Karim Oussar was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Karim Oussar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Souad Zidane in the 24th minute of play. Noureddine Soltani kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. In the 25th minute Souad Zidane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karim Oussar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute of the match Mohamed Bouzid shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Karim Oussar showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Karim Oussar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rabah Madjer in the 37th minute of play. After the first half Jal FC were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When Rabah Madjer came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Jal FC 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 Rabah Madjer couldn't finish the play. Karim Oussar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rabah Madjer, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Jal FC's Tayeb Lacarne played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mokdad Beloufa in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Abd al-Asis Bouzid 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mokdad Beloufa in the 63rd minute of play forced Jal FC's goalkeeper Tayeb Lacarne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in West Plains AFC's zone, Souad Zidane stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karim Oussar came out of the goal and Souad Zidane tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Jal FC getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Abdelnasser Dahar hit a great ball. Souad Zidane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Oussar having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Abd al-Asis Bouzid notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Jal FC's Tayeb Lacarne. Tayeb Lacarne was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rabah Madjer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Oussar having to interfere. When Jal FC's Rabah Madjer in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye West Plains AFC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rabah Madjer in the 86th minute of play forced West Plains AFC's goalkeeper Karim Oussar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rabah Madjer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Karim Oussar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.