League Play-Off

Paradise Hills Stadi
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Rabah Cohen started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Minden's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fateh Kerbouche in the 4th minute. After 7 minutes, Mustapha Ouyahia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Paradise Hills AFC and the Minden players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mustapha Ouyahia kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 9thth minute of the game Nassim Kharroubi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Paradise Hills AFC's Fodil Belloumi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 12 played minutes Paradise Hills AFC got a freekick which was hit by Chadli Harkouk. If Nassim Kharroubi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 19th minute Nassim Kharroubi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodil Belloumi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Paradise Hills AFC's zone, Amar Belkacem stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fodil Belloumi came out of the goal and Amar Belkacem tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rachid Belkheir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Hamid Boutabout made a huge save. Paradise Hills AFC's attack was well implemented in the 27th minute, but when Rachid Belkheir was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Fodil Belloumi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amar Belkacem, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. During the 32nd minute of the match Mustapha Ouyahia completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Mustapha Ouyahia a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Mustapha Ouyahia kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Nassim Kharroubi scored 0-2 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fodil Belloumi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rachid Belkheir got free with Hamid Boutabout in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Minden getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Tayeb Mohand hit a great ball. In the 48th minute, Nassim Kharroubi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Minden fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. The Paradise Hills AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Minden were winning 0-3.

The wind increased when Nassim Kharroubi made the kick off in the second half. If Amar Belkacem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hamid Boutabout didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rachid Belkheir went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. After having played for 62 minutes, Amar Belkacem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Minden's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amar Belkacem was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nassim Kharroubi in the 63rd minute of play forced Paradise Hills AFC's goalkeeper Fodil Belloumi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tahar Lemoui kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Minden's Mustapha Kouri got a free kick in the 67th minute. When Rachid Belkheir came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Paradise Hills AFC 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 Rachid Belkheir couldn't finish the play. Kateb Djahnine took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 70th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fodil Belloumi. Paradise Hills AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Nassim Kharroubi 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. In the 74th match minute, Paradise Hills AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hocine Semghoun to maneuver through the defense. Amar Belkacem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Fodil Belloumi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice moves Amar Belkacem could shoot a difficult shot in the 99th minute, which Fodil Belloumi however easily saved by the left post. Nassim Kharroubi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 101st minute. Fodil Belloumi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Minden eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.