League Play-Off

Riverland Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mohamed Benyamina kicked off to start the match. 10 minutes into the game, Faouzi Bensaïd was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Centralia AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Riverland the free kick. In the 10th match minute, Centralia AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faouzi Bensaïd to maneuver through the defense. Mohamed Benyamina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed N'Soumer having to interfere. Yazid Baroudi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed N'Soumer having to interfere. When Ali Assad fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Centralia AFC's protests and gave Ali Assad a yellow card for diving instead. Ali Assad hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohamed Benyamina in the 20th minute of play forced Centralia AFC's goalkeeper Mohamed N'Soumer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yazid Baroudi in the 26thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mohamed N'Soumer, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Yazid Baroudi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Mohamed N'Soumer made a huge save. A collision led to Centralia AFC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Salim Bensaoula hit a great ball. Yazid Baroudi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Mohamed N'Soumer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 34 minutes into the game, Salim Bensaoula cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Lili Drioueche was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fodil Amirouche kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Fadhil Amirouche 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. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Fadhil Amirouche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lili Drioueche having to interfere. Mohamed N'Soumer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yazid Baroudi in the 54th minute of play. After 55 minutes of play Centralia AFC's Ali Assad was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Centralia AFC's Ali Assad got a free kick in the 56th minute. Mohamed N'Soumer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yazid Baroudi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 61 minutes of play, Centralia AFC's Fadhil Amirouche made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lili Drioueche was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 64 played minutes Centralia AFC got a freekick which was hit by Abdelhamid Saïd-Guerni. In the 68th play minute Fadhil Amirouche came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Lili Drioueche. 1-3. Mohamed Benyamina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Mohamed N'Soumer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yacine Abdi during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Yacine Abdi hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute of the match Fateh Djeziri sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mohamed N'Soumer skillfully saved the ball. Riverland's Yazid Baroudi got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mohamed Benyamina in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mohamed N'Soumer saved Centralia AFC from getting behind. When Fadhil Amirouche came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Centralia 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 Fadhil Amirouche couldn't finish the play. Abdelhamid Saïd-Guerni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lili Drioueche having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fadhil Amirouche got free with Lili Drioueche in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.