League Play-Off

Keokuk Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Keokuk AFC's Cherif Bouzid 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. Hameur Morceli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ismaël Djebar having to interfere. Faouzi Larbes hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 8 minutes into the match, Gloria Cba's goal looked a bit too open when Cherif Bouzid came free, but Chaba Cohen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ismaël Djebar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yazid Bahari went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 21stth minute of the game Yazid Bahari who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Keokuk AFC's Ismaël Djebar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 0-2 became the score in the 22nd minute when Yazid Bahari elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 32nd match minute, Gloria Cba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boubekeur Gallaire to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute Boubekeur Gallaire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismaël Djebar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Yazid Bahari put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Ismaël Djebar. A collision led to Keokuk AFC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Yasmina Mansouri hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Yazid Bahari managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gloria Cba's supporters rose to their feet, but Yazid Bahari was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ismaël Djebar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Boubekeur Gallaire blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ismaël Djebar having to make a save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 52nd minute, Gloria Cba's Hemza Merbah seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Hemza Merbah the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Gloria Cba protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Hemza Merbah had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee gave Keokuk AFC a penalty, 54 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mohamed Adjani, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Gloria Cba's Chaba Cohen. 1-3. If Hameur Morceli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Chaba Cohen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cherif Bouzid in the 59th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Gloria Cba's goal looked a bit too open when Cherif Bouzid came free, but Chaba Cohen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chaba Cohen came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Keokuk AFC's Cherif Bouzid. But to his dismay, Cherif Bouzid quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hameur Morceli in the 75th minute of play forced Keokuk AFC's goalkeeper Ismaël Djebar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hameur Morceli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Ismaël Djebar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st play minute Chaba Boutella came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ismaël Djebar. 2-4. In the 84th minute of the match, Hameur Morceli tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ismaël Djebar saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 88 minutes into the match, Gloria Cba's Boubekeur Gallaire sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ismaël Djebar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 90th minute of the match Abdel Zenia sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ismaël Djebar skillfully saved the ball. Gloria Cba's Chaba Cohen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cherif Bouzid in the 95th minute of play. Chaba Cohen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lounès Bilal in the 98th minute of the match. Gloria Cba's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.