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Audubon Park
Spectators: 7775 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 175) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Severo Chinto kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Abdelhamid Mamouni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hemza Zarabi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Cheb Heddou kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. After 11 minutes of play, Animal AFC's Mehdi Boulmerka made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hemza Zarabi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abdelhamid Mamouni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelhamid Ahmed took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Severo Chinto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Audubon booed when Animal AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rachid Djaout didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mehdi Boulmerka in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hemza Zarabi saved Audubon from getting behind. Hemza Zarabi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehdi Boulmerka in the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th minute, Severo Chinto 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. Abdelhamid Ahmed took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from André Iniesta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Animal AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Süruri Mukremin was slow to take the kick. During this time Audubon's players had a chance to rest. Mohamed Meriem was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehdi Boulmerka in the 32nd minute of play forced Audubon's goalkeeper Hemza Zarabi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mehdi Boulmerka in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hemza Zarabi saved Audubon from getting behind. André Iniesta hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Abdelhamid Ahmed made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheb Heddou in the 40th minute of play. In the 42nd minute Mouloud Ouadah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hemza Zarabi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Audubon getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. André Iniesta hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mehdi Boulmerka in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hemza Zarabi saved Audubon from getting behind. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After 57 minutes, Cherif Zitouni mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Audubon and the Animal AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Audubon getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Cherif Zitouni hit a great ball. In the 61st minute Mehdi Boulmerka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hemza Zarabi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Severo Chinto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelhamid Ahmed having to interfere. Cherif Zitouni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69th minute, André Iniesta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cherif Zitouni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alberto Bartoli kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. 74 minutes into the match, Animal AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Süruri Mukremin came free, but Abdelhamid Ahmed reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hemza Zarabi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehdi Boulmerka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, Animal AFC's Faouzi Assad sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hemza Zarabi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 83rd minute André Iniesta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdelhamid Ahmed saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hemza Zarabi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mouloud Ouadah, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. A nice corner shot did that Ismaël Zeghdoud got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hemza Zarabi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 88th minute, Ahmed Belaout reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hemza Zarabi. The goal made the score 0-4.