League Play-Off

Fort Hall Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ali Benhamou started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Ismael Madjer 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. Kateb Arrache stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ismael Madjer's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Albertville AFC's goalkeeper Kateb Arrache had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chih Besseghir. Ali Benhamou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Farid Allalou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Farid Allalou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ismael Aarache went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Nadir Belkhadem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 26 played minutes Fort Hall FC got a freekick which was hit by Ahmed Mesbah. The long shot by Abdelnasser Amri in the 32nd minute really tested Kateb Arrache's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 34th minute, Ismael Madjer fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 38th minute, Noureddine Sellal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ismael Aarache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Farid Allalou having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Ismael Aarache 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.

In the 53rd minute, Ismael Madjer left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fort Hall FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Kateb Arrache showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ismael Madjer in the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Albertville AFC's Nadir Belkhadem got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 66th minute, Ismael Madjer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kateb Arrache was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. A collision led to Fort Hall FC getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Noureddine Sellal hit a great ball. Chih Besseghir charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chih Besseghir the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Fort Hall FC's Chih Besseghir got a free kick in the 76th minute. If Ismael Aarache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Fort Hall FC's Ahmed Mesbah got a free kick in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chih Besseghir in the 90th minute of play forced Albertville AFC's goalkeeper Kateb Arrache to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 90 minutes of play, Fort Hall FC's Chih Besseghir made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kateb Arrache was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Albertville AFC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Ismael Aarache hit a great ball. Albertville AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.