League Play-Off

North Naples
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ismaël Mehenni started the match with the kick off. Rachid Kerbouche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reda Mezair in the 4th minute of the match. Hamza Feraoun kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. When Smail Faudel came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the North Naples 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 Smail Faudel couldn't finish the play. 12 minutes into the match, North Naples's goal looked a bit too open when Reda Mezair came free, but Rachid Kerbouche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14thth minute of the game Yacine Raho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but New Hartford FC's Abdel Cherrad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the North Naples defense, Ismaël Mehenni kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rachid Kerbouche. The North Naples fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rachid Kerbouche should have stopped the shot. Sid Ahmed Saïdi-Sief fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdel Cherrad having to interfere. If Sid Ahmed Saïdi-Sief had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismaël Mehenni in the 31st minute of play forced North Naples's goalkeeper Rachid Kerbouche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sid Ahmed Saïdi-Sief struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Abdel Cherrad didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for North Naples. Ismaël Mehenni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Kerbouche having to interfere. Reda Mezair took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rachid Kerbouche. Rachid Kerbouche dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After 42 played minutes New Hartford FC got a freekick which was hit by Anthar Cohen-Tannoudji. The long shot by Smail Faudel in the 43rd minute really tested Abdel Cherrad's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yacine Raho stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Menad Sadmi kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Smail Faudel took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 55th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Abdel Cherrad. New Hartford FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Yacine Raho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdel Cherrad having to interfere. Yacine Raho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 72nd minute Sid Ahmed Saïdi-Sief shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdel Cherrad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 76 minutes, Anthar Cohen-Tannoudji managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. New Hartford FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anthar Cohen-Tannoudji was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 78th minute, Reda Mezair ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rachid Kerbouche was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Reda Mezair received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Rachid Kerbouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The attack was good, but when Ismaël Mehenni in the 94th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. The supporters of North Naples booed when New Hartford FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reda Mezair didn't get a good kick on the ball.