League Play-Off

Knightstown Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Farid Feraoun kicked off to start the match. Rachid Baroudi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Soltani Moussa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Mandex FC booed when Knightstown AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mohammed Ahmed Ben Apap didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute, Noureddine el Ibrahimi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mandex FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 7th match minute, Mandex FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmed Fadela to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Mandex FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Faouzi Sifi hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Farid Feraoun in the 11th minute of play forced Mandex FC's goalkeeper Mansour Bensaoula to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute, Rachid Baroudi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Soltani Moussa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Mandex FC's Mansour Bensaoula proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Mandex FC from getting a goal against them. Ben Chaib could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Mansour Bensaoula made a huge save. In the 27thth minute of the game Rachid Baroudi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Knightstown AFC's Soltani Moussa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 29 played minutes Mandex FC got a freekick which was hit by Abdelhamid Nasro. In the 32nd minute Noureddine el Ibrahimi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Soltani Moussa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rachid Baroudi might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Soltani Moussa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rachid Baroudi ran back to his position shaking his head. Rachid Baroudi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Rachid Baroudi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Soltani Moussa was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. After having played for 42 minutes, Rachid Baroudi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mandex FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rachid Baroudi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Noureddine el Ibrahimi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Noureddine el Ibrahimi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Soltani Moussa was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Rachid Baroudi put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Soltani Moussa. The Knightstown AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mandex FC were winning 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Noureddine el Ibrahimi made a kick off. Mansour Bensaoula showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Farid Feraoun in the 57th minute of the match. In the 59th minute, one of Knightstown AFC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Knightstown AFC. In the 66th minute, Farid Feraoun 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. If Noureddine el Ibrahimi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noureddine el Ibrahimi in the 73rd minute of play forced Knightstown AFC's goalkeeper Soltani Moussa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 75 minutes, Noureddine el Ibrahimi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mandex FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Noureddine el Ibrahimi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Soltani Moussa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noureddine el Ibrahimi, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 82nd match minute, Knightstown AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lakhdar Amirouche to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute, Abdelhamid Nasro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 92 minutes of play, Mandex FC's Rachid Baroudi made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Soltani Moussa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ben Chaib in the 100th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mansour Bensaoula prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the final whistle sounded Mandex FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Knightstown AFC.