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Bacup Stadium
Spectators: 6734 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 0) If Tahar Bensari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 5th minute, Faouzi Belmadi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 6 minutes into the match, Bacup's Thelma Lkbira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zinedine Fahima narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Balwa Sad during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 9th minute there was a penalty for Princes Risborough. Faouzi Belmadi stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Abdallah Zaoui. 0-1. Hocine Zeghni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Yazid Messaoudi got free in front of the goal in the 14th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Zinedine Fahima was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. If Fouhad Ziani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Princes Risborough's Fouhad Ziani got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 21 minutes into the match, Bacup's Yazid Messaoudi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zinedine Fahima narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zinedine Fahima was out of position in the 27 minute of play, and Hocine Zeghni capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hocine Zeghni really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Fouhad Ziani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdallah Zaoui having to interfere. Fouhad Ziani struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Abdallah Zaoui didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Princes Risborough. In the 35th minute, Tahar Bensari left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Princes Risborough fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Zinedine Fahima made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yazid Messaoudi in the 43rd minute. Abdallah Zaoui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tahar Bensari in the 47th minute of play.

The wind increased when Hocine Zeghni made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fouhad Ziani got free with Abdallah Zaoui in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Afaghis Belhocine during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Afaghis Belhocine hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Bacup's Amar Fahima got a free kick in the 56th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fouhad Ziani got free with Abdallah Zaoui in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 67th minute Yazid Messaoudi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zinedine Fahima saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Tahar Bensari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fouhad Ziani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdallah Zaoui having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Bacup's goal looked a bit too open when Tahar Bensari came free, but Abdallah Zaoui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Bacup getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Yazid Messaoudi hit a great ball. Fouhad Ziani's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 79thth minute, Abdallah Zaoui skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hocine Zeghni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinedine Fahima having to interfere. Zinedine Fahima made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yazid Messaoudi in the 89th minute of play. Abdallah Zaoui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tahar Bensari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Bacup's Akram Belghiche got a free kick in the 91st minute.