League Play-Off

West Side Highway St
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cheb Hamruche took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7thth minute of the game Jussef Bitat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but West Side Highway's Rafik Adjani was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, West Side Highway's Smail Haddou got a free kick in the 8th minute. Cheb Hamruche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hachemi Boumedienne having to interfere. Hachemi Boumedienne made an important save on a dangerous shot by Smail Haddou in the 14th minute. West Side Highway's Nouara Amri got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hachemi Boumedienne made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheb Hamruche in the 24th minute of play. In the 24th minute, Brahim Guendouz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nouara Amri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hachemi Boumedienne having to interfere. Nouara Amri blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hachemi Boumedienne having to make a save. Jussef Bitat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nouara Amri might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hachemi Boumedienne. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nouara Amri ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpected shot in the 41st minute by Cheb Hamruche got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Assia Saïd-Guerni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Hachemi Boumedienne tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jussef Bitat was the one to do the kick off. When Annville's Jussef Bitat in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye West Side Highway's goalie prevented a goal. In the 57th minute, Brahim Guendouz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rafik Adjani. The goal made the score 1-1. 63 minutes in the game, Jussef Bitat fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Rafik Adjani having to interfere. The supporters of Annville booed when West Side Highway was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Smail Haddou didn't get a good kick on the ball. El Kouri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafik Adjani having to interfere. Cheb Hamruche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rafik Adjani made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Jussef Bitat sent off a good shot on target. El Kouri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Rafik Adjani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Jussef Bitat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rafik Adjani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jussef Bitat's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Jussef Bitat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafik Adjani having to interfere. Jussef Bitat might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rafik Adjani. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jussef Bitat ran back to his position shaking his head. 86 minutes into the game, El Kouri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Rafik Adjani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Annville getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Brahim Guendouz hit a great ball. Hachemi Boumedienne didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cheb Hamruche went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Assia Saïd-Guerni hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the West Side Highway players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.