League Play-Off

Petal Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sid Djamel made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Hocine Souakri notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ocean Shores FC's Ali Zafour. Ali Zafour was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Petal booed when Ocean Shores FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tayeb Zidane didn't get a good kick on the ball. Noureddine Bentifour sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 14th minute, Ocean Shores FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Hocine Souakri fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ali Zafour showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustapha Djamel in the 17th minute of the match. Mustapha Djamel succeeded in the game's 20th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. Hocine Souakri who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 25thth minute tested the skills of Ali Zafour when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hameur Ziani during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 26th minute, Hameur Ziani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Noureddine Bentifour had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute, Hocine Souakri left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Petal fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 39th minute Noureddine Bentifour shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toufik Ahmed saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Petal's Karim Abrika got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Noureddine Bentifour might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Toufik Ahmed. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Noureddine Bentifour ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 45th minute, Mouloud Mamouni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 46 minutes into the match, Sid Djamel notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Petal's Toufik Ahmed. Toufik Ahmed was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mustapha Djamel was the one to do the kick off. When Noureddine Bentifour came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Ocean Shores FC 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 Noureddine Bentifour couldn't finish the play. Mustapha Djamel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ali Zafour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustapha Djamel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ali Zafour showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hocine Souakri in the 64th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mustapha Djamel in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ali Zafour saved Ocean Shores FC from getting behind. Hameur Ziani got his second yellow card in the match during the 68th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Ocean Shores FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Hameur Ziani hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Ocean Shores FC's zone, Mustapha Djamel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Zafour came out of the goal and Mustapha Djamel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 77 minutes into the match, Mustapha Djamel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ali Zafour. Ocean Shores FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mustapha Djamel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hocine Souakri in the 81st minute of play forced Ocean Shores FC's goalkeeper Ali Zafour to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mustapha Djamel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Noureddine Bentifour scored 4-2 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Toufik Ahmed, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the Ocean Shores FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Petal.