League Play-Off

Oakwood
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nadir Piaf kicked off to start the match. Yacine Ouadah hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. 6 minutes in the game, Boubekeur Dahleb fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Lakhdar Derrida having to interfere. Oakwood's Boubekeur Dahleb got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nadir Piaf's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but El Cherrad read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Mohamed Toumi hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After 23 played minutes, Colonia's Fathi Yahia shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper El Cherrad 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 Colonia reached it. After 29 played minutes Boubekeur Dahleb rounded Colonia's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. When Nadir Piaf came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Colonia 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 Nadir Piaf couldn't finish the play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 34 minutes into the game, when Krim Saadane put in a rough tackle. After 33 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Oakwood! Oakwood:s El Cherrad showed great skill when he stopped Fathi Yahia:s penalty. Oakwood's Benamar Fari got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 40th minute Karim Aarache 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. After 43 minutes, Nadir Piaf made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Oakwood's El Cherrad tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Nadir Piaf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benamar Fari was the one to do the kick off. Lakhdar Derrida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benamar Fari in the 52nd minute of the match. Lakhdar Derrida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benamar Fari in the 60th minute of play. Abdelnasser Bouteflika charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abdelnasser Bouteflika the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Abdelnasser Bouteflika hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. 68 minutes into the match, Oakwood's goalkeeper El Cherrad had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karim Aarache. After 71 minutes of play, Colonia's Karim Aarache made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. El Cherrad was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nadir Piaf struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. El Cherrad didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Colonia. 81 minutes into the match, Oakwood's goalkeeper El Cherrad had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chadli Kerkar. Thelma Adjani struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Lakhdar Derrida didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Oakwood. In the 89th minute, Karim Aarache 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. In the 91st minute Nadir Piaf 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. Benamar Fari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Lakhdar Derrida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benamar Fari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.