League Play-Off

Village Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abdelhamid Feraoun made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Village's zone, Ismaïl Bitat stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lakhdar Souakri came out of the goal and Ismaïl Bitat tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdelhamid Feraoun in the 9th minute of play forced Village's goalkeeper Lakhdar Souakri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lakhdar Souakri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ismaïl Bitat, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute Ismaïl Bitat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lakhdar Souakri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13th minute Abdelhamid Feraoun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lakhdar Souakri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Village's zone, Abdelhamid Feraoun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lakhdar Souakri came out of the goal and Abdelhamid Feraoun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Abdelhamid Feraoun took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lakhdar Souakri. Lakhdar Souakri dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdelhamid Feraoun in the 24th minute of play forced Village's goalkeeper Lakhdar Souakri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lakhdar Souakri came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Herrin's Abdelhamid Feraoun. But to his dismay, Abdelhamid Feraoun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Lakhdar Souakri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelhamid Feraoun in the 36th minute of the match. When Abdelhamid Feraoun came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Herrin 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 Abdelhamid Feraoun couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mouloud Cohen in the 43rd minute of play forced Herrin's goalkeeper Ali Ghazi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdelhamid Feraoun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelhamid Feraoun's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lakhdar Souakri read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 48th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mouloud Cohen to make the kick off. Ismaïl Bitat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Lakhdar Souakri made a huge save. If Abdelhamid Feraoun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ismaïl Bitat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Lakhdar Souakri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 61 minutes into the game, Abdelhamid Feraoun lined in a short shot 0-3 behind a frustrated Lakhdar Souakri. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Village's goalkeeper Lakhdar Souakri, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 68th minute, Herrin's Abdelhamid Feraoun ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lakhdar Souakri. Lakhdar Souakri yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Billel Boudjedra during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Billel Boudjedra kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Ali Ghazi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Billel Boudjedra in the 79th minute of the match. The supporters of Village booed when Herrin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ismaël Ihidjaten didn't get a good kick on the ball. Billel Boudjedra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Ali Ghazi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Herrin supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Herrin would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.