Belouizdad and Setif players are threatened with harsh punishment – New Algeria

The two players, Sofiane Bouchard, CS Belouizdad defender, and Mehdi Haitala, ES Setif striker, face harsh penalties, due to their behavior following the end of the match that brought together their two teams, yesterday evening, Thursday, at the “05 July 1962” Olympic Stadium, in Algiers, for the 22nd round of the national professional championship. for football.

The match witnessed Sofiane Bouchard being sent off with a red card in the 90+2 minute, after receiving a second warning, due to his assault on Mehdi Haitala inside the operations area, where Bouchard kicked the player in front of the referee.

As the referee blew the whistle at the end of the match, Haitala headed towards Bouchard to respond to the attack, before he entered the field A fight in boxing Between the two players.

It is expected that the Disciplinary Committee of the National Professional Football League will announce its punishment against the duo during its regular meeting, scheduled for next Monday.

The match ended with CS Belouizdad winning by two goals to one, with Cameroonian Lionel Wamba opening the scoring for the club. Youth team, in the 52nd minute, then his colleague Mohamed Islam Belkheir added the second goal in the 53rd minute. This was before Entente Setaifi reduced the score in stoppage time of the match, with a penalty kick taken by Mohamed Benoucha twice (90+4 minutes).

Thanks to this result, CS Belouizdad temporarily rose to the runner-up position, with 38 points, 11 points behind the leader MC Algiers, and with two missing matches. They are one point ahead of CS Constantine, while ES Setif’s score stands at 34 points in fifth place.