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Match Report
August
Spectators: 7314 (Terracing: 5562,
Seating: 1705, VIP seats: 47) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hameur Hasni took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, August's Chih Hamouda got a free kick in the 6th minute. The audience was convinced that Robert Meniri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mohamed Zafour was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. After having played for 11 minutes, Robert Meniri managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Glen Rose AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Robert Meniri was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mohamed Zafour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Meniri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Robert Meniri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohamed Zafour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Meniri, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Mouloud Chadl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Zafour having to interfere. Mohamed Zafour came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Glen Rose AFC's Robert Meniri. But to his dismay, Robert Meniri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Robert Meniri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute, Robert Meniri made a precise shot to the right of Mohamed Zafour. August's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 40th minute, Mouloud Chadl ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mohamed Zafour was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. When Rainer Ørbæk came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the August 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 Rainer Ørbæk couldn't finish the play.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mouloud Chadl made a kick off. Rainer Ørbæk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Rachid Nabil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hameur Hasni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Rachid Nabil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abd al-Aziz Adjani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Nabil having to interfere. Rachid Nabil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rainer Ørbæk, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 67 minutes into the game, when Hamid Belloumi put in a rough tackle. After 66 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Glen Rose AFC! In the 70th minute there was a penalty for August. Hameur Hasni stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Rachid Nabil. 2-3. After a rather tough play, Glen Rose AFC's Nabil Mezair got a free kick in the 75th minute. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 3-3 when Hameur Hasni sped through Glen Rose AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rachid Nabil. Rachid Nabil stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hameur Hasni's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Rachid Nabil stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hameur Hasni's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. In the 89th minute Hameur Hasni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rachid Nabil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hameur Hasni in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rachid Nabil saved Glen Rose AFC from getting behind. 99 minutes into the match, August's goalkeeper Mohamed Zafour had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Robert Meniri. The Glen Rose AFC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented August from taking control. The game ends in a draw.
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