League

Gilroy
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) Noureddine Djahnine made the kick off and thus started the match. Noureddine Djahnine received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Rachid Saïdi-Sief tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Noureddine Djahnine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 17 minutes into the match, Frantz Boulmerka had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tayeb Drid. Floydada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Frantz Boulmerka was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 26th minute of the match, Robert Cherfa got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tayeb Drid was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 29 played minutes Floydada got a freekick which was hit by Mouloud Radjef. Tayeb Drid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohamed Ben Ahmed Boulahfane in the 37th minute of play. Adlène Mouzaoui scored 2-0 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tayeb Drid, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Kassel Cherrad came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Floydada 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 Kassel Cherrad couldn't finish the play. In the 45th match minute, Gilroy AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adlène Mouzaoui to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frantz Boulmerka stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kassel Cherrad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Rachid Saïdi-Sief tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 58 played minutes Floydada got a freekick which was hit by Liamine Cavalli. When Robert Cherfa came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Gilroy 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 Robert Cherfa couldn't finish the play. When Frantz Boulmerka came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Gilroy 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 Frantz Boulmerka couldn't finish the play. If Frantz Boulmerka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frantz Boulmerka in the 72nd minute of play forced Floydada's goalkeeper Tayeb Drid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Noureddine Djahnine was extremely unlucky when he, in the 75th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Kassel Cherrad managed to get in a good position for a shot. Floydada's supporters rose to their feet, but Kassel Cherrad was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rachid Saïdi-Sief breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 85th minute, Liamine Cavalli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rachid Saïdi-Sief. The goal made the score 2-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Kassel Cherrad managed to get in a good position for a shot. Floydada's supporters rose to their feet, but Kassel Cherrad was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rachid Saïdi-Sief breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rachid Saïdi-Sief showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noureddine Djahnine, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Tayeb Drid didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mohamed Ben Ahmed Boulahfane went, in the 98th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. For all the effort they put into the match, the Floydada players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Gilroy AFC.