League

Graysville Park
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ahmed Zerguelaine kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes of play, Santa Fe FC's Hakim El Ouafi made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fawzi Boufroura was left in no man's land by his defense there! Graysville's Ahmed Zerguelaine got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 16th minute, Rafik Raï left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Santa Fe FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 19 minutes into the match, Graysville's goal looked a bit too open when Hakim El Ouafi came free, but Fawzi Boufroura reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rafik Raï 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. Hakim El Ouafi struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Fawzi Boufroura didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Santa Fe FC. Hakim El Ouafi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafik Raï in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fawzi Boufroura saved Graysville from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Hakim El Ouafi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fawzi Boufroura was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. 34 minutes into the game, Safy Bessou was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santa Fe FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Graysville the free kick. After a rather tough play, Santa Fe FC's Safy Bessou got a free kick in the 34th minute. Fawzi Boufroura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hakim El Ouafi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. During the 39th minute of the match Safy Bessou completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Safy Bessou a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 40 played minutes Santa Fe FC got a freekick which was hit by Safy Bessou. Abdelnacer Laura Douibi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hemza Gallaire having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Graysville's zone, Hakim El Ouafi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fawzi Boufroura came out of the goal and Hakim El Ouafi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rafik Raï received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Fawzi Boufroura tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hakim El Ouafi made a kick off. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santa Fe FC's goalkeeper Hemza Gallaire, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ahmed Zerguelaine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Hakim El Ouafi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Fawzi Boufroura tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Graysville getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Mohammad Belmadi hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute, Hakim El Ouafi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fawzi Boufroura was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Graysville's Fawzi Boufroura proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Graysville from getting a goal against them. In the 68th minute, Hakim El Ouafi 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. 77 minutes into the match, Hakim El Ouafi notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Graysville's Fawzi Boufroura. Fawzi Boufroura was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Hakim El Ouafi came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Santa Fe 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 Hakim El Ouafi couldn't finish the play. Rafik Raï received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Fawzi Boufroura tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdelnacer Laura Douibi in the 87th minute of play forced Santa Fe FC's goalkeeper Hemza Gallaire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hakim El Ouafi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Fawzi Boufroura made a huge save. Santa Fe FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.