League Play-Off

Devola
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gilles Hamouda made the kick off which started today's match. After 9 minutes of play, Bryans Road AFC's Said Menad made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ismaël Cerbah was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ismaël Cerbah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chakib Kerbouche, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 19 minutes into the match, Devola's Gilles Hamouda sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kateb Aarache narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ismaël Cerbah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Said Menad in the 22nd minute of the match. Kateb Aarache showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilles Hamouda, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Gilles Hamouda scored 1-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kateb Aarache, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilles Hamouda in the 31st minute of play forced Bryans Road AFC's goalkeeper Kateb Aarache to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismaël Cerbah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chakib Kerbouche, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Ismaël Cerbah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cheb Zidane's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. In the 39th minute, Hameur Bensaïd hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cheb Zidane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Ismaël Cerbah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The wind increased when Said Menad made the kick off in the second half. Bryans Road AFC's Kateb Aarache played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilles Hamouda in the 52nd minute of play. Ismaël Cerbah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Said Menad in the 56th minute of play. 57 minutes into the game, Said Menad lined in a short shot 1-2 behind a frustrated Ismaël Cerbah. 62 minutes into the match, Gilles Hamouda notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Bryans Road AFC's Kateb Aarache. Kateb Aarache was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hocine Ziani during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Bryans Road AFC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 69th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Devola a penalty, 72 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Farès Zouba, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Bryans Road AFC's Kateb Aarache. 3-2. Ismaël Cerbah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Said Menad in the 76th minute of the match. Devola's Ismaël Cerbah proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Devola from getting a goal against them. After 85th play minutes Cheb Zidane shot 3-3, a short shot which went by Ismaël Cerbah and just under the crossbar into goal. Chakib Kerbouche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 92 minutes into the match, Cheb Zidane notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of Devola's Ismaël Cerbah. Ismaël Cerbah was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 96th minute Ahmed Mansouri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kateb Aarache saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmed Mansouri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 98th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Bryans Road AFC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.