League Play-Off

Long Branch Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mohamed Hamdoud started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Lake Ridge FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Medjadi Kouri hit a great ball. Long Branch FC's Ahmed Reda Daham got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 11 minutes into the match, Long Branch FC's Ahmed Reda Daham sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdelaziz Sofiane narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Mohamed Cherrad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mohamed Hamdoud received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Rabah Maroc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Abdelaziz Sofiane managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Long Branch FC's Abdel Kerkar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Abdel Kerkar kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Abdel Kerkar might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Abdelaziz Sofiane. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abdel Kerkar ran back to his position shaking his head. 24 minutes into the match, Long Branch FC's Abdel Kerkar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdelaziz Sofiane narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lake Ridge FC's Zīn ud-Dīn Kourichi got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Zīn ud-Dīn Kourichi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Medjadi Kouri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ahmed Reda Daham to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Ahmed Reda Daham notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Lake Ridge FC's Abdelaziz Sofiane. Abdelaziz Sofiane was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Abdel Kerkar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Abdelaziz Sofiane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Lake Ridge FC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Abdellah Medjadi Mansouri hit a great ball. After 65 played minutes Lake Ridge FC got a freekick which was hit by Medjadi Kouri. Ahmed Reda Daham fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelaziz Sofiane having to interfere. Abdelaziz Sofiane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdel Kerkar in the 70th minute of play. A collision led to Long Branch FC getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Said Mouzaoui hit a great ball. Long Branch FC's Rabah Maroc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mohamed Hamdoud in the 79th minute of play. Ahmed Reda Daham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Abdelaziz Sofiane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rabah Maroc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohamed Hamdoud in the 91st minute of play. Mohamed Hamdoud sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. For all the effort they put into the match, the Lake Ridge FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Long Branch FC.