League Play-Off

Pine Island Ridge
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Hocine Bourebbou started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Muhammad Ouyahia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Tayeb Lacarne tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 7 minutes into the game, Abdelnasser Dahar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Jal FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pine Island Ridge the free kick. Hameur Bitat recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tayeb Lacarne made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hocine Bourebbou in the 14th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hocine Bourebbou in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tayeb Lacarne prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Jal FC's Abdelnasser Dahar got a free kick in the 17th minute. Tayeb Lacarne acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 18th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Karim Bensaoula. If Hicham Djamel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 22 minutes of play Jal FC's Abdelnasser Dahar was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 23 played minutes Jal FC got a freekick which was hit by Abdelnasser Dahar. Hameur Bitat was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 28th minute. Pine Island Ridge's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 35th minute, Jean-Baptiste Prévost hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abd el Raho came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Jal FC's Souad Zidane. But to his dismay, Souad Zidane quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Souad Zidane to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Karim Bensaoula sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Jal FC's Tayeb Lacarne didn't even have to move. Hicham Djamel struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Tayeb Lacarne didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pine Island Ridge. Abd el Raho made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Souad Zidane sent off a good shot on target. 71 minutes into the match, Jal FC's Souad Zidane sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abd el Raho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Souad Zidane recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hameur Bitat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tayeb Lacarne having to interfere. Hocine Bourebbou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jean-Baptiste Prévost hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. After 85 played minutes, Pine Island Ridge's Karim Bensaoula shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tayeb Lacarne came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pine Island Ridge reached it. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Jal FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.