League

Castletown Park
Spectators: 6737 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 0) In the 5th minute, Castletown United's Seddik Benbrahim ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tahar Thabet. Tahar Thabet yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. A collision led to Castletown United getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Faudel Mérah-Benida hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the match, Castletown United's goal looked a bit too open when Dari Chedda came free, but Afalawas Ramdani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bellemou Ziani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Afalawas Ramdani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bellemou Ziani scored 1-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afalawas Ramdani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bellemou Ziani scored 1-2 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afalawas Ramdani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Castletown United's Afalawas Ramdani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dari Chedda in the 25th minute of play. In the 27th minute Dari Chedda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afalawas Ramdani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bellemou Ziani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afalawas Ramdani having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Akwli Medjiba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fordham AFC's Tahar Thabet proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Fordham AFC from getting a goal against them. Seddik Benbrahim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tahar Thabet having to interfere. An unexpected shot in the 37th minute by Khaled Benikhlef got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 39 minutes into the match, Fordham AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Seddik Benbrahim came free, but Tahar Thabet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute, Abderrazek Bachtobji 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. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bellemou Ziani to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Fordham AFC's Joudi Saâdi got a free kick in the 52nd minute. The long shot by Admer Kraouche in the 56th minute really tested Afalawas Ramdani's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Bellemou Ziani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afalawas Ramdani having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bellemou Ziani in the 63rd minute of play forced Castletown United's goalkeeper Afalawas Ramdani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Bellemou Ziani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fordham AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Bellemou Ziani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Afalawas Ramdani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 77 minutes into the match, Castletown United's goalkeeper Afalawas Ramdani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dari Chedda. After 83 minutes Fordham AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Makhlouf Mazi who took care of the corner kick. After 83 played minutes Castletown United got a freekick which was hit by Halim Kerfali. Dari Chedda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afalawas Ramdani having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Khaled Benikhlef in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tahar Thabet saved Fordham AFC from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Fordham AFC's Abdelaziz Dali Bey got a free kick in the 95th minute. When Seddik Benbrahim came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Castletown United 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 Seddik Benbrahim couldn't finish the play.