League Play-Off

North Crossett Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 4thth minute of the game Ahmed Saïdi-Sief who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but North Crossett FC's Smail Bessou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 6th minute Ahmed Saïdi-Sief shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Smail Bessou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehdi Prévost in the 8th minute of play forced North Crossett FC's goalkeeper Smail Bessou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Ahmed Saïdi-Sief's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Smail Bessou was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 11th minute of the match Smail Bendjedid shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Smail Bessou showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mehdi Prévost in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Smail Bessou prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 17thth minute of the game Mehdi Prévost who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but North Crossett FC's Smail Bessou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Noureddine Saïfi got free with Ahmed Bey in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Farès Mansouri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Farès Mansouri was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 25th minute. North Crossett FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 29th minute, Mehdi Prévost 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. If Ahmed Saïdi-Sief had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Farès Mansouri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. North Crossett FC's Smail Bessou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mehdi Prévost in the 46th minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Farès Mansouri to strike the kick off in the second half. Ahmed Bey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Farès Mansouri in the 52nd minute of play. 53 minutes into the game, North Crossett FC's Noureddine Saïfi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmed Bey made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 59th match minute, Coppell was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferhat Mimoun to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noureddine Saïfi in the 60th minute of play forced Coppell's goalkeeper Ahmed Bey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmed Bey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Noureddine Saïfi went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Mehdi Prévost received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Smail Bessou came out and tried to block the shot, but Mehdi Prévost slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 67th minute. Noureddine Saïfi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Farès Mansouri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmed Bey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Noureddine Saïfi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Coppell defense, Farès Mansouri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ahmed Bey. The Coppell fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ahmed Bey should have stopped the shot. Mehdi Prévost received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Smail Bessou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmed Bey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Farès Mansouri went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score.