League Play-Off

Raritan Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Chadli Doutté kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Raritan booed when Master of Puppets was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mansour Nabil didn't get a good kick on the ball. 8 minutes into the game, one of Master of Puppets:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Muhammad Boudjedra went to the wrong direction when Nordine Horr was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Faouzi Souakri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Mohamed, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 16thth minute of the game Belmadi Merah who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Raritan's Faouzi Souakri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Master of Puppets fans' excitement grew in the 19th match minute when Master of Puppets's Belmadi Merah looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Albert Soltani during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 24th match minute, Raritan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Soltani to maneuver through the defense. If Karim Mohamed had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Karim Mohamed during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 29 played minutes Master of Puppets got a freekick which was hit by Karim Mohamed. Faouzi Souakri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karim Mohamed, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 34th minute Chadli Doutté shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Muhammad Boudjedra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Karim Mohamed left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Master of Puppets fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Belmadi Merah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Faouzi Souakri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Belmadi Merah made a kick off. Faouzi Souakri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Belmadi Merah in the 52nd minute of play. Master of Puppets's Belmadi Merah was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 54th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Belmadi Merah put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Faouzi Souakri. Master of Puppets's Muhammad Boudjedra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chadli Doutté in the 63rd minute of play. If Belmadi Merah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 73 minutes, Belmadi Merah managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Master of Puppets's supporters crossed their fingers, but Belmadi Merah was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Muhammad Boudjedra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chadli Doutté, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chadli Doutté received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Muhammad Boudjedra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Raritan's Redha Cerbah got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Muhammad Boudjedra didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Raritan's Chadli Doutté shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-5 in the ordered_time% minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Master of Puppets eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.