League Play-Off

Farmington Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) When Karim Saci came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Farmington 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 Karim Saci couldn't finish the play. Hachemi El-Hadi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nasserredine Saïd-Guerni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Lakhdar Aziz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lakhdar Aziz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Saci, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Nasserredine Saïd-Guerni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lakhdar Aziz having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Karim Saci managed to get in a good position for a shot. Farmington's supporters rose to their feet, but Karim Saci was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lakhdar Aziz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Karim Saci managed to get in a good position for a shot. Farmington's supporters rose to their feet, but Karim Saci was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lakhdar Aziz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mouloud Sadmi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdulhamid Bensaoula in the 31st minute of play. Karim Saci sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Karim Saci kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Karim Saci took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Lakhdar Aziz to make any attempt to save it. Lakhdar Aziz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Saci, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karim Saci to make the kick off. Rockville Centre's Lakhdar Aziz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karim Saci in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th minute, Nasserredine Saïd-Guerni 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. Fodil Mouzaoui kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Jean-Michel Doutté 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. Nasserredine Saïd-Guerni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lakhdar Aziz having to interfere. The supporters of Farmington booed when Rockville Centre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fodil Mouzaoui didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karim Saci in the 77th minute of play forced Rockville Centre's goalkeeper Lakhdar Aziz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Abdulhamid Bensaoula had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Fodil Mouzaoui hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lakhdar Aziz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karim Saci in the 85th minute of play. If Hachemi El-Hadi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mouloud Sadmi made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Abdulhamid Bensaoula sent off a good shot on target. When Hocine Amara fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rockville Centre's protests and gave Hocine Amara a yellow card for diving instead. In the 91st minute, Hocine Amara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.