League Play-Off

Oakwood
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Oakwood's Boubekeur Dahleb 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. Mansour Chebal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boubekeur Dahleb in the 3rd minute of the match. After 3 played minutes Neptune City FC got a freekick which was hit by Redha Moussa. Mansour Chebal made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Benamar Fari sent off a good shot on target. Chadli Belloumi hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. In the 7th minute, Redha Moussa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 9th minute, one of Oakwood:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Oakwood. The referee gave Neptune City FC a penalty, 11 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cheb Mamouni, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Oakwood's El Cherrad. 0-1. In the 17th minute Hakim Soltani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but El Cherrad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Zitouni recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Benamar Fari in the 20thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mansour Chebal, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 21st minute, Chadli Belloumi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Hakim Soltani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Neptune City FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hakim Soltani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. El Cherrad breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 28 minutes into the match, Oakwood's goal looked a bit too open when Hakim Soltani came free, but El Cherrad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute Ali Zitouni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but El Cherrad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. El Cherrad didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ali Zitouni went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. El Cherrad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hakim Soltani in the 39th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ali Zitouni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but El Cherrad was relentless in the 48th minute of the game.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ali Zitouni to make the kick off. El Cherrad made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Hakim Soltani sent off a good shot on target. Mansour Chebal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boubekeur Dahleb in the 57th minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Chadli Belloumi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mansour Chebal came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Oakwood's Boubekeur Dahleb. But to his dismay, Boubekeur Dahleb quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Mansour Chebal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Benamar Fari's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. After 68 minutes, Redha Moussa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Neptune City FC and the Oakwood players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 69th minute, Boubekeur Dahleb ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mansour Chebal was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Benamar Fari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. El Cherrad made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Hakim Soltani sent off a good shot on target. If Ali Zitouni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Oakwood's El Cherrad got control of the ball when Hakim Soltani tried to sneak it across the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Neptune City FC's goal looked a bit too open when Benamar Fari came free, but Mansour Chebal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ali Zitouni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. El Cherrad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Neptune City FC's Ali Zitouni slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of El Cherrad. That made the score 3-3 after 92 minutes of play. El Cherrad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Zitouni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. El Cherrad made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hakim Soltani in the 96th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.