League Play-Off

Sheboygan Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fathi Harkat took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mehdi Belaout made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noureddine Ghazi in the 4th minute of play. Rachid Menguellet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Djamel Mecherara in the 9th minute of play. Mohammed Merah-Benida's late challenge caught a Sheboygan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohammed Merah-Benida helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Sea Isle City's Mohammed Merah-Benida got a free kick in the 12th minute. Djamel Mecherara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Rachid Menguellet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abdelhamid Bridji received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Rachid Menguellet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rachid Menguellet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Djamel Mecherara, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Djabir Raho hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Djamel Mecherara managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sheboygan's supporters rose to their feet, but Djamel Mecherara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rachid Menguellet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Abdelhamid Bridji had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute, Mouloud Raho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehdi Belaout made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noureddine Ghazi in the 33rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdelhamid Bridji got free with Rachid Menguellet in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Mouloud Raho took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Rachid Menguellet to make any attempt to save it. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After a rather tough play, Sea Isle City's Djabir Raho got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Abdelhamid Bridji received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Rachid Menguellet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Fathi Harkat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Abdelhamid Bridji had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fathi Harkat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Mehdi Belaout tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sheboygan's Mehdi Belaout proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Sheboygan from getting a goal against them. Fathi Harkat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Noureddine Ghazi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sea Isle City's goalkeeper Rachid Menguellet, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 81st minute Abdelhamid Bridji shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rachid Menguellet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Sea Isle City getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Djabir Raho hit a great ball. Rachid Menguellet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelhamid Bridji in the 83rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Djamel Mecherara managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sheboygan's supporters rose to their feet, but Djamel Mecherara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rachid Menguellet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Abdelhamid Bridji had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Djamel Mecherara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Rachid Menguellet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.