League Play-Off

Gibbstown Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kasdi Badis got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Kasdi Badis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Youssef Drioueche. The goal made the score 1-0. Kasdi Badis was extremely unlucky when he, in the 9th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After a rather tough play, Larchmont's Mohamed Ben Fergani got a free kick in the 10th minute. Abderraouf Fanon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Youssef Drioueche made a huge save. Halim Cohen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmed Hamdani having to interfere. Kasdi Badis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Youssef Drioueche having to make a save. Abderraouf Fanon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 26 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Larchmont's Amar Tahar fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Edmond Iles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelaziz Cherrad's late challenge caught a Gibbstown's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdelaziz Cherrad helped the player get up and apologised. Halim Cohen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmed Hamdani having to interfere. Youssef Drioueche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kasdi Badis in the 43rd minute of play. If Amar Tahar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th match minute, Gibbstown was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmond Iles to maneuver through the defense. Halim Cohen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ahmed Hamdani read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 48th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Amar Tahar to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amar Tahar in the 52nd minute of play forced Gibbstown's goalkeeper Ahmed Hamdani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fergani Bilal struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Youssef Drioueche didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gibbstown. 58 minutes into the match, Gibbstown's goalkeeper Ahmed Hamdani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Halim Cohen. Youssef Drioueche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abderraouf Fanon in the 61st minute of play. After 63 played minutes, Larchmont's Abdelkader Ahmed shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ahmed Hamdani came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Larchmont reached it. After a defensive mix-up in Larchmont's zone, Kasdi Badis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Youssef Drioueche came out of the goal and Kasdi Badis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Abderraouf Fanon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Youssef Drioueche having to interfere. Amar Tahar might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ahmed Hamdani. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Amar Tahar ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amar Tahar in the 80th minute of play forced Gibbstown's goalkeeper Ahmed Hamdani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kasdi Badis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Larchmont's Amar Tahar slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ahmed Hamdani. That made the score 2-1 after 85 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, Gibbstown's Edmond Iles got a free kick in the 91st minute. In the 94th minute, Amar Tahar 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. Amar Tahar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Gibbstown had won after a very even match.