League Play-Off

Ranger
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Smail Bensaïd made the kick off and thus started the match. Tedj Baroudi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Hamza Sadaoui made a huge save. A collision led to Radford FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Rachid Mami hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Farès Meskine hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Smail Bensaïd in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Salim Bouzid saved Ranger AFC from getting behind. Salim Bouzid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kamel Benbitour in the 11th minute of the match. Tedj Baroudi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Hamza Sadaoui made a huge save. Hamza Sadaoui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benamar Ouadah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute, Benamar Ouadah left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ranger AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Hamza Sadaoui was out of position in the 21 minute of play, and Tedj Baroudi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tedj Baroudi really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Salim Bouzid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Smail Bensaïd, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Tedj Baroudi kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute of the match Abdelmalek Zitouni sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Salim Bouzid skillfully saved the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Ranger AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Kamel Benbitour came free, but Salim Bouzid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Smail Bensaïd had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dida Dahleb's late challenge caught a Radford FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dida Dahleb helped the player get up and apologised. Dida Dahleb kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Hamza Sadaoui made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Tedj Baroudi sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benamar Ouadah in the 46th minute of play forced Radford FC's goalkeeper Hamza Sadaoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Kamel Benbitour 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. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benamar Ouadah was the one to do the kick off. After some careless play in the Radford FC defense, Fodil Zeghdoud kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hamza Sadaoui. The Radford FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hamza Sadaoui should have stopped the shot. Smail Bensaïd fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salim Bouzid having to interfere. In the 58th of the match, Smail Bensaïd tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Salim Bouzid got in the way and made a wonderful save. Kamel Benbitour's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Salim Bouzid read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Smail Bensaïd's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Salim Bouzid was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Farès Meskine's shot from long distance in the 66th minute was not bad at all, but Ranger AFC's Salim Bouzid knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. In the 68th minute Smail Bensaïd shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salim Bouzid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Smail Bensaïd did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-1 to the left of a surprised Salim Bouzid 70 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Ranger AFC's zone, Smail Bensaïd stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Salim Bouzid came out of the goal and Smail Bensaïd tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hamza Sadaoui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fodil Zeghdoud, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tedj Baroudi's late challenge caught a Radford FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tedj Baroudi helped the player get up and apologised. Tedj Baroudi kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Ranger AFC's zone, Smail Bensaïd stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Salim Bouzid came out of the goal and Smail Bensaïd tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 82 minutes into the match, Ranger AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Smail Bensaïd came free, but Salim Bouzid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kamel Benbitour got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 3-2 in the right cross in the 84th match minute before Salim Bouzid had time to react. A collision led to Radford FC getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Kamel Benbitour hit a great ball. In the 94th minute, one of Radford FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Radford FC. For all the effort they put into the match, the Radford 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 Ranger AFC.