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Newbold Verdon
Spectators: 6749 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1749, VIP seats: 0) Newbold Verdon's Houd Benichou started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Abdul Racim's late challenge caught a Chelsea Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdul Racim helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Newbold Verdon getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Abdul Racim hit a great ball. When Abdelhamid Zaaf fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Newbold Verdon's protests and gave Abdelhamid Zaaf a yellow card for diving instead. Chelsea Football Club made a substitution. Florian Tlemcani replaced Amri Chaouchi. Abdelhamid Zaaf hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Nasser Medjani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Noureddine Hamid was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Noureddine Hamid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nasser Medjani, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Ghumer Dennane hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Noureddine Hamid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nasser Medjani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Chelsea Football Club's Abdelfattah Benguergoura got a free kick in the 25th minute. If Nasser Medjani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chelsea Football Club's Zakaria Brahimi got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Chelsea Football Club's Zakaria Brahimi got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Badr Belkacem was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 38 minutes into the match. In the 42nd match minute, Newbold Verdon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdul Racim to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Mustapha Abbas put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Noureddine Hamid.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zakaria Brahimi made a kick off. Newbold Verdon's defense didn't have a chance, in the 57th minute, when Zakaria Brahimi scored to the left of an out of position Noureddine Hamid, making the score, 0-2. Houd Benichou's late challenge caught a Chelsea Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Houd Benichou helped the player get up and apologised. Houd Benichou kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Mustapha Abbas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Noureddine Hamid having to interfere. Zakaria Brahimi didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 0-4 via right post in the game's 73rd minute. Chelsea Football Club's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! 77 minutes into the match, Chelsea Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Houd Benichou came free, but Rabah Hamdani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rabah Hamdani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdul Racim in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Zakaria Brahimi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Noureddine Hamid was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Newbold Verdon's Noureddine Hamid proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Newbold Verdon from getting a goal against them. Zakaria Brahimi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Noureddine Hamid having to make a save. Chelsea Football Club's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.