League Play-Off

Whitehouse Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mehdi Aboulker started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Whitehouse FC defense, Mehdi Aboulker kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yacine Zitouni. The Whitehouse FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yacine Zitouni should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Whitehouse FC's Hocine Doutté got a free kick in the 8th minute. Mehdi Aboulker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mehdi Aboulker's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yacine Zitouni read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Guillaume Laurent Mansouri during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albert Harkat got free with Lakhdar Amri in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Albert Harkats short, quick shot in the 20thth minute got Lakhdar Amri to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Albert Harkat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Mehdi Aboulker came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Village 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 Mehdi Aboulker couldn't finish the play. Halim Benhamou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Hemza Brahami had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rabah Hadjadj kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. 41 minutes in the game, Nourredine Laref fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Lakhdar Amri having to interfere. Mehdi Aboulker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Yacine Zitouni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Whitehouse FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Village were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nourredine Laref made a kick off. Lakhdar Amri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nourredine Laref, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Whitehouse FC's Albert Harkat got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehdi Aboulker in the 60th minute of play forced Whitehouse FC's goalkeeper Yacine Zitouni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Village booed when Whitehouse FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sid Hamid didn't get a good kick on the ball. Halim Benhamou kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Whitehouse FC's Yacine Zitouni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Whitehouse FC from getting a goal against them. Whitehouse FC's Yacine Zitouni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mehdi Aboulker in the 74th minute of play. In the 75th match minute, Village was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mebarek Mohand to maneuver through the defense. Nourredine Laref fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lakhdar Amri having to interfere. Lakhdar Amri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nourredine Laref in the 88th minute of play. Yacine Zitouni came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Village's Hemza Brahami. But to his dismay, Hemza Brahami quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2.