League Play-Off

Cross Lanes
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. Hicham Dziri started the match with the kick off. If Abdelmalek Bouchemla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rachid Baba Ali Zakaria's late challenge caught a Chase City AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rachid Baba Ali Zakaria helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th match minute, martin laane was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rachid Baba Ali Zakaria to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute Maamar Bouguerra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reda Cherfa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maamar Bouguerra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reda Cherfa having to interfere. In the 28th match minute, martin laane was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rachid Baba Ali Zakaria to maneuver through the defense. Lazhar Hamruche's late challenge caught a martin laane's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lazhar Hamruche helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 30th minute of the game. One of Chase City AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of martin laane:s goal. The goalkeeper, Amar Tlemcani, was totally fooled by martin laane's Mohammed Ahmed Haddou, who 32 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Amar Tlemcani came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by martin laane's Abdelmalek Bouchemla. But to his dismay, Abdelmalek Bouchemla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. With a little luck, Chase City AFC's Amar Tlemcani got control of the ball when Abdelmalek Bouchemla tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Abdelmalek Bouchemla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Ismaël Diss made the kick off in the second half. Hicham Dziri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 53rd minute, Ismaël Diss hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Chase City AFC's Hicham Dziri in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye martin laane's goalie prevented a goal. Hicham Dziri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reda Cherfa having to interfere. Ismaël Diss blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Amar Tlemcani having to make a save. Amar Tlemcani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismaël Diss in the 65th minute of play. In the 69th minute, Abdelmalek Bouchemla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amar Tlemcani was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Maamar Bouguerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Reda Cherfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 74 minutes of play martin laane's Rachid Baba Ali Zakaria was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Chase City AFC's Abdelkader Belloumi got a free kick in the 78th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Hicham Dziri dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Reda Cherfa, 4-1. If Abdelmalek Bouchemla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Abdelmalek Bouchemla struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Amar Tlemcani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for martin laane. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tedj Belfaa in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amar Tlemcani saved Chase City AFC from getting behind. The martin laane fans' excitement grew in the 89th match minute when martin laane's Abdelmalek Bouchemla looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 95th match minute, martin laane was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mansour Semghoun to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hicham Dziri in the 96th minute of play forced martin laane's goalkeeper Reda Cherfa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. martin laane walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.