League Play-Off

East Richmond Height
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Abdel Benmabrouk succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 5th playminute. Noureddine Benhamou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Lakhdar Taha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tahar Lacen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in East Richmond Heights's zone, Tahar Lacen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lakhdar Taha came out of the goal and Tahar Lacen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 18 minutes, Noureddine Benhamou made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. East Richmond Heights's Lakhdar Taha tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Abdel Benmabrouk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. East Richmond Heights's Abdel Benmabrouk got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 46 played minutes Goodyear AFC got a freekick which was hit by Hemza Madouni. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Hemza Amri made the kick off in the second half. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Abdel Benmabrouk sped through Goodyear AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ahmed Boulmerka. The audience was convinced that Tahar Lacen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lakhdar Taha was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. When Nabil Abdelghani fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored East Richmond Heights's protests and gave Nabil Abdelghani a yellow card for diving instead. In the 58th minute, Nabil Abdelghani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tahar Lacen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lakhdar Taha having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hemza Amri in the 65th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ahmed Boulmerka prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Hemza Madouni fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Goodyear AFC's protests and gave Hemza Madouni a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Goodyear AFC getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Hemza Madouni hit a great ball. Ahmed Boulmerka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albert Bessou in the 69th minute of the match. When Noureddine Benhamou came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Goodyear AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Noureddine Benhamou couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tahar Lacen in the 75th minute of play forced East Richmond Heights's goalkeeper Lakhdar Taha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tahar Lacen in the 76th minute of play forced East Richmond Heights's goalkeeper Lakhdar Taha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute Tahar Lacen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lakhdar Taha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Noureddine Benhamou could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Lakhdar Taha made a huge save. Tahar Lacen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tahar Lacen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Noureddine Benhamou had several of the East Richmond Heights's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 91 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-2 score and a disappointed Lakhdar Taha as he didn't even see the shot coming. With 95 minutes on the clock, Rabah Cohen commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 95 minutes into the game, one of Goodyear AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the referee blew the final whistle, East Richmond Heights could leave the field as winners, despite Goodyear AFC having more of the ball for most of the match.