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Match Report
Port Townsend
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. El Abdi started the match with the kick off. Ahmed Amsallem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nasreddine Boulmerka, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. If El Abdi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Smail Harkouk hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. El Abdi's late challenge caught a Broadview Heights FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. El Abdi helped the player get up and apologised. El Abdi hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 22nd minute, Ahmed Ighil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Nasreddine Boulmerka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nasreddine Boulmerka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 31st minute El Abdi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abd al-Asis Hemdani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abderaouf Chedda hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. El Abdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abd al-Asis Hemdani having to interfere. If El Abdi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Port Townsend's Chadli Mimoun got a free kick in the 36th minute. If Ismaël Amara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Abdi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Karim Amara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karim Amara to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling El Abdi in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abd al-Asis Hemdani prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ismaël Amara in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abd al-Asis Hemdani prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 69th minute, one of Port Townsend:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Port Townsend. If Nasreddine Boulmerka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Port Townsend's Ismaël Amara got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karim Amara in the 82nd minute of play forced Port Townsend's goalkeeper Ahmed Amsallem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmed Amsallem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karim Amara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 94 played minutes Karim Amara rounded Port Townsend's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-2.
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