League Play-Off

Upland Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the match, Ismaël Bougherra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Karim Piaf. Upland FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ismaël Bougherra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The supporters of Upland FC booed when Belle Glade was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mohamed Amara didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Upland FC's zone, Abdel Karim Mezdad stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karim Piaf came out of the goal and Abdel Karim Mezdad tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Mohamed Nabil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 18 minutes into the match, Upland FC's goal looked a bit too open when Abdel Karim Mezdad came free, but Karim Piaf reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ismaël Bougherra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Karim Piaf tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mohamed Nabil got free with Abdelmalek Benhabiles in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ismaël Bougherra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Piaf having to interfere. In the 31stth minute of the game Rachid Zaoui who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Belle Glade's Abdelmalek Benhabiles was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Upland FC's zone, Abdel Karim Mezdad stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karim Piaf came out of the goal and Abdel Karim Mezdad tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 41 minutes into the match, Upland FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ismaël Bougherra came free, but Karim Piaf reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abdel Karim Mezdad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Karim Piaf tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rachid Zaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelmalek Benhabiles having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Abdel Karim Mezdad made the kick off in the second half. Karim Piaf made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ismaël Bougherra in the 53rd minute. 60 minutes into the match, Belle Glade's goal looked a bit too open when Rachid Zaoui came free, but Abdelmalek Benhabiles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 60 played minutes Belle Glade got a freekick which was hit by Mohamed Amara. Belle Glade's Abdelmalek Benhabiles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mohamed Nabil in the 61st minute of play. With a little luck, Upland FC's Karim Piaf got control of the ball when Ismaël Bougherra tried to sneak it across the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Ismaël Bougherra dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Karim Piaf, 0-2. In the 69th minute, Abdel Karim Mezdad 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. Belle Glade's Ismaël Bougherra got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Belle Glade's Abdelmalek Benhabiles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rachid Zaoui in the 76th minute of play. Ismaël Bougherra succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-3 in the 78th playminute. After a defensive mix-up in Belle Glade's zone, Jussef Ben Dib stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdelmalek Benhabiles came out of the goal and Jussef Ben Dib tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mohamed Amara hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Mohamed Nabil's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abdelmalek Benhabiles was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. A collision led to Belle Glade getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Nordine Lamine hit a great ball. Abdelmalek Benhabiles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mohamed Nabil in the 89th minute of the match. Upland FC's Rachid Zaoui got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 97th play minutes Rachid Zaoui shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Abdelmalek Benhabiles and just under the crossbar into goal. When the final whistle sounded Belle Glade left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Upland FC.