League Play-Off

Florissant Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cheb Moussa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Cheb Moussa succeeded in the game's 3rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Florissant's zone, Mouloud Bouazza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rachid Zaoui came out of the goal and Mouloud Bouazza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 10 minutes into the game, Mouloud Bouazza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Rachid Zaoui was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Abdelmalek Benyamina succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-1 in the 15th playminute. After 19 minutes, Cheb Moussa made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Catalina AFC's Yazid Mammeri tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Rachid Zaoui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Soltani in the 22nd minute of play. Abdelmalek Benyamina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdelmalek Benyamina got free with Yazid Mammeri in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cheb Moussa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yazid Mammeri having to interfere. If Cheb Moussa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Abdelmalek Benyamina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 44th minute, Abdelmalek Benyamina 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. Cheb Moussa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mouloud Bouazza made a kick off. Abdelmalek Benyamina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yazid Mammeri read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. Cheb Moussa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Yazid Mammeri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute Abdelmalek Benyamina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yazid Mammeri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yazid Mammeri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cheb Moussa in the 65th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the game, Abdelmalek Benyamina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Yazid Mammeri was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Catalina AFC's Yazid Mammeri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheb Moussa in the 72nd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Cheb Moussa put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Yazid Mammeri. When Abdelmalek Benyamina came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Florissant 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 Abdelmalek Benyamina couldn't finish the play. If Cheb Moussa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 87 minutes into the match, Florissant's Abdelmalek Benyamina sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yazid Mammeri narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Yahia Hima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mouloud Bouazza recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Catalina AFC's Yazid Mammeri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheb Moussa in the 96th minute of play. After 96 minutes of play, Florissant's Abdelmalek Benyamina made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yazid Mammeri was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Florissant had played much better football throughout.