League

Radford Stadium
Spectators: 7287 (Terracing: 5575, Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch kicked off to start the match. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch's late challenge caught a Radford FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Newcomerstown AFC's zone, Kamel Benbitour stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tayeb Liegeon came out of the goal and Kamel Benbitour tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Smail Bensaïd succeeded in the game's 11th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. Hamza Sadaoui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch in the 16th minute of play. Tayeb Liegeon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Smail Bensaïd, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28thth minute of the game Smail Bensaïd who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Newcomerstown AFC's Tayeb Liegeon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hamza Sadaoui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelmalek Messaoudi in the 35th minute of the match. Smail Bensaïd sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Hamza Sadaoui didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Khalida Dahar went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. A collision led to Radford FC getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Tedj Boulmerka hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rabah Djahnine got free with Hamza Sadaoui in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Newcomerstown AFC's Abdelmalek Messaoudi got a free kick in the 59th minute. When Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Newcomerstown 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 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch couldn't finish the play. 66 minutes into the match, Radford FC's goalkeeper Hamza Sadaoui had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdelmalek Messaoudi. Kamel Benbitour's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tayeb Liegeon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hamza Sadaoui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohamed Ben Ahmed Lelouch in the 75th minute of play. Khalida Dahar hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Newcomerstown AFC's Tayeb Liegeon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Smail Bensaïd in the 83rd minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, Radford FC's Kamel Benbitour sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tayeb Liegeon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 91st minute, Zoheir Saïfi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.