League Play-Off

North Druid Hills
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) North Druid Hills AFC's Karim Belkacem started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 4 minutes, Hameur Morceli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gloria Cba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hameur Morceli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Gloria Cba's Chaba Cohen got control of the ball when Abdel Djaout tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Boubekeur Gallaire came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Gloria Cba 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 Boubekeur Gallaire couldn't finish the play. Abdel Djaout received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Chaba Cohen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 21st minute Karim Belkacem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chaba Cohen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abderrahmane Harkouk's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Smail Fanon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. Smail Fanon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yazid Bahari, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 26th minute, Abdelmalek Bensaoula hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yazid Bahari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Smail Fanon having to interfere. If Yazid Bahari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 32 minutes into the match, Gloria Cba's goalkeeper Chaba Cohen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdel Djaout. After 33 played minutes North Druid Hills AFC got a freekick which was hit by Sid Ahmed Boutabout. After 34 minutes, Yazid Bahari mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gloria Cba and the North Druid Hills AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Yazid Bahari hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Yazid Bahari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Smail Fanon was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. After 44 played minutes, Gloria Cba's Ali Aziz shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Smail Fanon 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 Gloria Cba reached it.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yazid Bahari stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Gloria Cba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hameur Morceli to maneuver through the defense. Chaba Cohen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karim Belkacem in the 54th minute of the match. Chaba Cohen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karim Belkacem in the 55th minute of the match. Smail Fanon made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Yazid Bahari sent off a good shot on target. 66 minutes into the match, Gloria Cba's goal looked a bit too open when Abdel Djaout came free, but Chaba Cohen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Yazid Bahari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Smail Fanon was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Mokdad Amri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chaba Cohen having to interfere. In the 78th match minute, North Druid Hills AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Noureddine Makkeb to maneuver through the defense. Noureddine Makkeb got his second yellow card in the match during the 79th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 79th minute, Noureddine Makkeb hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yazid Bahari in the 81stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Smail Fanon, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Boubekeur Gallaire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gloria Cba's Ali Aziz shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 84th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Smail Fanon but with some difficulty. Yazid Bahari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gloria Cba's Chaba Cohen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdel Djaout in the 89th minute of play. Abdelmalek Bensaoula took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 91st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Chaba Cohen. Gloria Cba's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of Gloria Cba booed when North Druid Hills AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karim Belkacem didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Smail Fanon managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Gloria Cba's Yazid Bahari fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side.