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South Kilworth
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Badda Zaoui kicked off to start the match. Mehdi Merniz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ketta Taha, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Abderrahmane Yahia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Boumedienne Djenane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Badda Zaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Badda Zaoui struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Boumedienne Djenane didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Croston. In the 18th minute, Abdelhani Bridji hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 30 minutes, Ghanim Kherchi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croston and the South Kilworth City players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 30 played minutes Croston got a freekick which was hit by Ghanim Kherchi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ketta Taha in the 37th minute of play forced Croston's goalkeeper Mehdi Merniz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the match, South Kilworth City's goal looked a bit too open when Badda Zaoui came free, but Boumedienne Djenane reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ketta Taha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Badda Zaoui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Boumedienne Djenane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ketta Taha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Abderrahmane Yahias short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Boumedienne Djenane to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Boumedienne Djenane managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when Croston's Abderrahmane Yahia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 57th minute, Omar Baroudi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 58 minutes, Abderrahmane Yahia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Croston's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abderrahmane Yahia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 61 minutes into the game, Moncef El Karimi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Mehdi Merniz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Ketta Taha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mehdi Merniz was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. When Moncef El Karimi came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the South Kilworth City 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 Moncef El Karimi couldn't finish the play. In the 87th minute, Badda Zaoui 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. Boumedienne Djenane was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Faouzi Douadi. Croston's Badda Zaoui managed to work through South Kilworth City's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Badda Zaoui dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in.