League Play-Off

Monmouth Beach Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bellemou Mekhloufi made the kick off which started today's match. Boughera Ali hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Yacine Kerkar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bellemou Mekhloufi in the 13th minute of play. Khair ad-Din Benzine showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelnasser Hima in the 22nd minute of the match. Alain Haddou's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yacine Kerkar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alain Haddou in the 25th minute of play forced Monmouth Beach's goalkeeper Yacine Kerkar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yacine Kerkar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alain Haddou in the 28th minute of the match. Bellemou Mekhloufi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute, Said Madjer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Bellemou Mekhloufi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yacine Kerkar was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Monmouth Beach's Yacine Kerkar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bellemou Mekhloufi in the 36th minute of play. Crowley's Khair ad-Din Benzine played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdelnasser Hima in the 39th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Crowley's Jussef Ben Hadjar got a free kick in the 39th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelnasser Hima stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bellemou Mekhloufi in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yacine Kerkar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After having played for 55 minutes, Bellemou Mekhloufi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Crowley's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bellemou Mekhloufi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Bellemou Mekhloufi took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Yacine Kerkar to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdelnasser Hima in the 65th minute of play forced Crowley's goalkeeper Khair ad-Din Benzine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bellemou Mekhloufi struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Yacine Kerkar didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Crowley. Hocine Arrache received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Khair ad-Din Benzine tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute Abdelnasser Hima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khair ad-Din Benzine saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 72 played minutes Crowley got a freekick which was hit by Mehdi Boutabout. Alain Haddou struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Yacine Kerkar didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Crowley. Abdelnasser Hima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khair ad-Din Benzine having to interfere. Khair ad-Din Benzine made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hocine Arrache in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mimoun Sahraoui in the 86th minute of play forced Crowley's goalkeeper Khair ad-Din Benzine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bellemou Mekhloufi in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yacine Kerkar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.