League

Jericho
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jussef Ben Hamdani got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Nasreddine Apap managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jericho AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nasreddine Apap was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ali Lacarne breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 9th match minute, Jericho AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohammed Ahmed Ben Zakaria to maneuver through the defense. Yazid Bougherra missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 11 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Chadli Abdelghani right hand side. With an all-out effort, Jericho AFC's Ali Lacarne threw himself towards the right post 13 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jussef Ben Hamdani, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Nasreddine Apap managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jericho AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nasreddine Apap was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ali Lacarne breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Chadli Abdelghani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kateb Adjaoud in the 16th minute of play. After some careless play in the Jericho AFC defense, Karim Ramdani kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chadli Abdelghani. The Jericho AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chadli Abdelghani should have stopped the shot. Hugo FC's Ali Lacarne played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amrani Mansouri in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute, Smail Morceli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jussef Ben Hamdani blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ali Lacarne having to make a save. When Nasreddine Apap came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Jericho AFC 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 Nasreddine Apap couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Hugo FC's zone, Jussef Ben Hamdani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Lacarne came out of the goal and Jussef Ben Hamdani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Jussef Ben Hamdani kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ali Lacarne. That made the score 1-1 in the 37 minute of play. Ali Lacarne showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nasreddine Apap, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Yazid Bougherra hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nasreddine Apap got free with Ali Lacarne in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelhamid Bouzid stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Chadli Abdelghani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kateb Adjaoud, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chadli Abdelghani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kateb Adjaoud in the 61st minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Smail Morceli during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Chadli Abdelghani acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 62nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Yazid Bougherra. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdelhamid Bouzid got free with Chadli Abdelghani in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 68 minutes into the match, Nasreddine Apap had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ali Lacarne. Hugo FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nasreddine Apap was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Ali Lacarne didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jussef Ben Hamdani went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Chadli Abdelghani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abdelhamid Bouzid in the 79th minute. Smail Morceli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Lacarne having to interfere. Abdelhamid Bouzid could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Chadli Abdelghani made a huge save. When Smail Morceli came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Jericho AFC 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 Smail Morceli couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jussef Ben Hamdani in the 84th minute of play forced Hugo FC's goalkeeper Ali Lacarne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 85 played minutes Hugo FC got a freekick which was hit by Abdelhamid Haddadj. Jussef Ben Hamdani's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ali Lacarne read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Hugo FC's Abdelhamid Haddadj got a free kick in the 95th minute. Jericho AFC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.