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Sauk City Park
Spectators: 6691 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1691, VIP seats: 0) Said Bilal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Mimoun Ouid Mesbah fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sauk City's protests and gave Mimoun Ouid Mesbah a yellow card for diving instead. In the 2nd match minute, Sauk City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mimoun Ouid Mesbah to maneuver through the defense. Rachid Hima took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Faouzi Aliche. Faouzi Aliche dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The audience was convinced that Said Bilal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karim Zaoui was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Karim Zaoui showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Said Bilal, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Said Bilal in the 24th minute of play forced Merriam's goalkeeper Karim Zaoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karim Zaoui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Said Bilal in the 26th minute of play. Sauk City's Faouzi Aliche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheb Ben Khalidi in the 32nd minute of play. Rachid Hima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faouzi Aliche having to interfere. Cheb Ben Khalidi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faouzi Aliche having to interfere. Faouzi Aliche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmed Madani, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After 47 played minutes Sauk City got a freekick which was hit by Boudjemaa Fahima. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cheb Ben Khalidi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Karim Zaoui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kamel Mihoubi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Karim Zaoui showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Said Bilal, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Karim Zaoui stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Said Bilal's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. In the 57th minute Said Bilal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karim Zaoui saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Karim Zaoui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Said Bilal in the 64th minute of play. Ahmed Madani charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ahmed Madani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ahmed Madani kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. A collision led to Merriam getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Ahmed Madani hit a great ball. Sauk City's Faouzi Aliche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheb Ben Khalidi in the 83rd minute of play. Sauk City's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Cheb Ben Khalidi 88 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-4. Cheb Ben Khalidi succeeded in the game's 91st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-5. Kamel Mihoubi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Karim Zaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Merriam eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.