League Play-Off

De Ridder Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lakhdar Beloufa took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 played minutes De Ridder got a freekick which was hit by Mimoun Nima. Mansour Saïd-Guerni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salah Benhamou in the 7th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Morgan Hill's Salah Benhamou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mansour Saïd-Guerni narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Rafik Zoheir Benbitour could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Meziane Moussaoui made a huge save. Rafik Zoheir Benbitour received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Meziane Moussaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. De Ridder's Lakhdar Beloufa got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lakhdar Beloufa got free with Meziane Moussaoui in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. It was beautiful to see Morgan Hill's Medjadi Rahouli in action when he in the 24th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! In the 26th minute, Salah Benhamou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mansour Saïd-Guerni was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. When Salah Benhamou came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Morgan Hill 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 Salah Benhamou couldn't finish the play. Morgan Hill's Salah Benhamou got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hakim Mhenni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mansour Saïd-Guerni having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Morgan Hill's goal looked a bit too open when Lakhdar Beloufa came free, but Meziane Moussaoui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

In the 52ndth minute of the game Lakhdar Beloufa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Morgan Hill's Meziane Moussaoui was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Salah Benhamou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Mansour Saïd-Guerni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hakim Mhenni in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mansour Saïd-Guerni prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Morgan Hill booed when De Ridder was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rachid Bencheikh didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 65th match minute, Morgan Hill was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Medjadi Rahouli to maneuver through the defense. Meziane Moussaoui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafik Zoheir Benbitour in the 68th minute of play. De Ridder's Mimoun Nima got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Meziane Moussaoui didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rafik Zoheir Benbitour went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The supporters of Morgan Hill booed when De Ridder was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lakhdar Beloufa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mansour Saïd-Guerni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hakim Mhenni in the 80th minute of play. Mansour Saïd-Guerni made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Salah Benhamou sent off a good shot on target. Meziane Moussaoui showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lakhdar Beloufa, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. 87 minutes into the match, De Ridder's Rafik Zoheir Benbitour sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Meziane Moussaoui narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Meziane Moussaoui showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lakhdar Beloufa, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Rachid Bencheikh managed to get in a good position for a shot. De Ridder's supporters rose to their feet, but Rachid Bencheikh was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Meziane Moussaoui breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.