League Play-Off

Calexico
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Yazid Mazzid in the 8th minute of play forced Calexico's goalkeeper Chaba Méniri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 13 minutes, Mahmoud Boulahfane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Leisure City AFC and the Calexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. After having played for 15 minutes, Anthar Kourichi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leisure City AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anthar Kourichi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ali Belhagj sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22ndth minute of the game Bouzid Feraoun who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Leisure City AFC's Lazhar Amirouche was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With his leg Lazhar Amirouche managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Calexico's Ali Belhagj fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Lazhar Amirouche stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bouzid Feraoun's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. Chaba Méniri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthar Kourichi in the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Anthar Kourichi 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. The audience was convinced that Yazid Mazzid's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chaba Méniri was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. 37 minutes into the match, Calexico's Ali Belhagj sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lazhar Amirouche narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Chaba Méniri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthar Kourichi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lazhar Amirouche made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ali Belhagj in the 42nd minute. An unexpected shot in the 47th minute by Bouzid Feraoun got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bouzid Feraoun was the one to do the kick off. Lazhar Amirouche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Belhagj in the 56th minute of the match. Anthar Kourichi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Chaba Méniri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Calexico's zone, Yazid Mazzid stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Chaba Méniri came out of the goal and Yazid Mazzid tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 63rd minute of the match Cheb Boufroura sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lazhar Amirouche skillfully saved the ball. Lazhar Amirouche didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Calexico's Ali Belhagj shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Lazhar Amirouche came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Calexico's Rachid Aarache. But to his dismay, Rachid Aarache quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Mahmoud Faudel's late challenge caught a Leisure City AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mahmoud Faudel helped the player get up and apologised. Mahmoud Faudel kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Chaba Méniri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yazid Mazzid, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anthar Kourichi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ali Belhagj scored 3-0 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lazhar Amirouche, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the Leisure City AFC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Calexico.