League Play-Off

Kewanee Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Amine Bouteflika made the kick off which started today's match. Larbi Fanon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Halim Boulebda in the 4th minute of play. In the 7th minute Halim Boulebda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Larbi Fanon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 9th match minute, Kewanee FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fodil Khendu to maneuver through the defense. After 12 minutes, Ismaïl Cixous mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mandan and the Kewanee FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Kewanee FC booed when Mandan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ismaïl Cixous didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Souad Sadaoui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Reda Khaled showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amine Bouteflika in the 19th minute of the match. After 22 minutes of play, Kewanee FC's Ahmed Barbarossa made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Larbi Fanon was left in no man's land by his defense there! Smail Bencheikh kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Karim Reda Madouni hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. If Abderrahmane Djaout had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 38th minute, Amine Bouteflika ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Reda Khaled was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Mandan's Amine Bouteflika got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Souad Sadaoui recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Halim Boulebda made a kick off. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 55th minute of the game. One of Kewanee FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Mandan:s goal. In the 60th minute, Mandan's Amine Bouteflika ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Reda Khaled. Reda Khaled yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. The supporters of Mandan booed when Kewanee FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Smail Bencheikh didn't get a good kick on the ball. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kewanee FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mohamed Cherfa was slow to take the kick. During this time Mandan's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Mandan's corner Mohamed Soltani fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Reda Khaled quite easily take care of the ball. In the 67th minute, Ahmed Barbarossa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute Halim Boulebda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Larbi Fanon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st match minute, Mandan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by René Saïd-Guerni to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute, Halim Boulebda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kewanee FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. Larbi Fanon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Halim Boulebda went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. If Amine Bouteflika had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Souad Sadaoui struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Reda Khaled didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mandan. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 88th minute of the game. One of Kewanee FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Mandan:s goal. In the 90th minute there was a penalty for Mandan. Mohamed Cherfa stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Reda Khaled. 3-5. The supporters of Kewanee FC booed when Mandan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mohamed Soltani didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Kewanee FC defense, Ismaïl Cixous kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Reda Khaled. The Kewanee FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Reda Khaled should have stopped the shot.