League Play-Off

Hoover Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Salah Banouas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Karim Heddou blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mouloud Saci having to make a save. In the 11th minute, Karim Heddou 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 Salah Banouas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 14 minutes into the match, Hoover AFC's Karim Heddou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mouloud Saci narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Yazid Bensaoula's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mouloud Saci was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. If Yazid Bensaoula had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Karim Heddou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yazid Bensaoula in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mouloud Saci prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Mouloud Saci didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 31st minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Yazid Bensaoula received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mouloud Saci came out and tried to block the shot, but Yazid Bensaoula slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 35th minute. Salah Banouas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Ben Khalidi having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, Mokdad Daham 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. In the 43rd minute Salah Banouas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Ben Khalidi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Bellemou Hasni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Bellemou Hasni's late challenge caught a Hoover AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bellemou Hasni helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Hoover AFC booed when Beulah AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bellemou Hasni didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yazid Bensaoula fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mouloud Saci having to interfere. Yazid Bensaoula received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Mouloud Saci tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yazid Bensaoula recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karim Heddou in the 67th minute of play forced Beulah AFC's goalkeeper Mouloud Saci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute Salah Banouas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Ben Khalidi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Hoover AFC getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Liamine Yahia hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salah Banouas in the 80th minute of play forced Hoover AFC's goalkeeper Mohamed Ben Khalidi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Hoover AFC's Mohamed Ben Khalidi got control of the ball when Mokdad Daham tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hoover AFC's Mohamed Ben Khalidi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Hoover AFC from getting a goal against them. Liamine Yahia got his second yellow card in the match during the 85th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Hoover AFC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Liamine Yahia hit a great ball. In the 93rd minute, Mokdad Daham 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. For all the effort they put into the match, the Beulah AFC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Hoover AFC.