League

Colne
Spectators: 6766 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Karim Muqaddem started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Peacehaven City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hassan Belkhadem to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Nordine Bezzaz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Colne United's supporters rose to their feet, but Nordine Bezzaz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Madhi Saïdi-Sief breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 5 minutes into the match, Colne United's Belaid Liegeon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Madhi Saïdi-Sief narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karim Muqaddem in the 11th minute of play forced Colne United's goalkeeper Chams Benmabrouk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute, Arsalane Hemdani 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. Karim Muqaddem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Chams Benmabrouk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Karim Muqaddem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chams Benmabrouk was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Belaid Liegeon succeeded in the game's 26th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. 1-1 became the score in the 29th minute when Karim Muqaddem elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Madhi Saïdi-Sief didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 34th minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. Colne United's Chams Benmabrouk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karim Muqaddem in the 38th minute of play. When Karim Muqaddem came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Peacehaven 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 Karim Muqaddem couldn't finish the play. Nordine Bezzaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Madhi Saïdi-Sief having to interfere. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Belaid Liegeon to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nordine Bezzaz in the 54th minute of play forced Peacehaven City's goalkeeper Madhi Saïdi-Sief to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th match minute, Peacehaven City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hassan Belkhadem to maneuver through the defense. Arsalane Hemdani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Karim Muqaddem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arsalane Hemdani might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Chams Benmabrouk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arsalane Hemdani ran back to his position shaking his head. Karim Muqaddem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Chams Benmabrouk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Boualem Kouri hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Belaid Liegeon in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Madhi Saïdi-Sief saved Peacehaven City from getting behind. Madhi Saïdi-Sief didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Belaid Liegeon went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. 95 minutes into the match, Colne United's goalkeeper Chams Benmabrouk had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arsalane Hemdani. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 95th minute of the game. One of Peacehaven City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Colne United:s goal. The referee gave Colne United a penalty, 97 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Abdelkarim Bensaoula, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Peacehaven City's Madhi Saïdi-Sief. 4-1. Colne United were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Peacehaven City for a fine match.