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Match Report
Sandwich
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the match, Maidenhead FC's goal looked a bit too open when Zoubir Assad came free, but Rayane Kelkal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adam Khalef showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelhalim Foughali in the 12th minute of the match. Nasser Bridji hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Adam Khalef came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Maidenhead FC's Kader Kerrache. But to his dismay, Kader Kerrache quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 23rd minute Abdelhalim Foughali shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adam Khalef saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Thelma Bendissari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Billel Hadfi got free with Rayane Kelkal in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Zoubir Assad kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rayane Kelkal. That made the score 1-1 in the 38 minute of play. When Dylan Medjani came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Sandwich 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 Dylan Medjani couldn't finish the play. In the 44th minute, Maidenhead FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Dylan Medjani fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Dylan Medjani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Rayane Kelkal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zoubir Assad was the one to do the kick off. Maidenhead FC's Rayane Kelkal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zoubir Assad in the 55th minute of play. Thelma Bendissari blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rayane Kelkal having to make a save. Kheireddine Yahi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Maidenhead FC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Nasreddine Ziani hit a great ball. Rayane Kelkal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thelma Bendissari, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Sandwich's attentive Kheireddine Yahi managed to snatch the ball when Abderraouf Djamel made a throw-in in the 64th minute of the game. 64 minutes into the match, Maidenhead FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kheireddine Yahi came free, but Rayane Kelkal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee gave Sandwich a penalty, 68 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Zoubir Assad, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Maidenhead FC's Rayane Kelkal. 2-1. Adam Khalef took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdelhafid Ben Arfa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Zoubir Assad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rayane Kelkal was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Zoubir Assad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sandwich's Dylan Medjani got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abderraouf Djamel hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Adam Khalef showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelhafid Ben Arfa in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94th minute Abdelhafid Ben Arfa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adam Khalef saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sandwich walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
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