League Play-Off

Belle Fourche Stadiu
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. Mourad Mamouni started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Manchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Mourad Mamouni came free, but Hocine Halimi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mourad Mamouni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Hocine Halimi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hocine Halimi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mourad Mamouni in the 10th minute of the match. Ali Messaoud could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Hocine Halimi made a huge save. In the 22nd match minute, Manchester United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camel Touhami to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Kassel Doutté from long distance, 23 minutes into the match, got Hocine Halimi's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After having played for 26 minutes, Mourad Mamouni managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belle Fourche AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mourad Mamouni was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Yahia Nekkar's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Salim Raï read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. The supporters of Belle Fourche AFC booed when Manchester United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bouzid Azzizi-Kettab didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mourad Mamouni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Noureddine Ghozali's late challenge caught a Belle Fourche AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Noureddine Ghozali helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Manchester United getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Noureddine Ghozali hit a great ball. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sofiane Chaouchi was the one to do the kick off. Mohammed Ahmed Ben Diss's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hocine Halimi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55th minute of the match Kamel Bahari sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hocine Halimi skillfully saved the ball. An unexpected shot in the 63rd minute by Yahia Nekkar got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Noureddine Ghozali in the 66thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Salim Raï, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Sofiane Chaouchi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Salim Raï tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yahia Nekkar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Salim Raï made a huge save. Salim Raï made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sofiane Chaouchi in the 73rd minute of play. 76 minutes into the game, Ali Messaoud cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Hocine Halimi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Salim Raï showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sofiane Chaouchi, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Salim Raï made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sofiane Chaouchi in the 85th minute of play. Hocine Halimi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Messaoud in the 86th minute of play. Salim Raï was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Yahia Nekkar capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Yahia Nekkar really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Belle Fourche AFC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.