League

Panthersville Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Rancho Cordova AFC's Khalida Benida started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rachid Sami Yachir in the 5th minute of play forced sky high's goalkeeper Nasser Harkouk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by sky high's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hocine Djebbour was slow to take the kick. During this time Rancho Cordova AFC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Hocine Djebbour got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nasser Harkouk quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 9 minutes, Khalida Benida mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rancho Cordova AFC and the sky high players grew even worse after the yellow card. Krim Aboulker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 12 minutes into the game, Abdelnasser Ammour cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Nasser Harkouk was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 17th match minute, sky high was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yazid Feraoun to maneuver through the defense. Nasser Harkouk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalida Benida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nasser Harkouk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalida Benida in the 20th minute of the match. Krim Aboulker in the 24thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tedj Belloumi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Nasser Harkouk came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Rancho Cordova AFC's Cheb Belfaa. But to his dismay, Cheb Belfaa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Rabah Djebbour charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rabah Djebbour the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 31st minute Abdelnasser Ammour shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nasser Harkouk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Rancho Cordova AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Krim Aboulker came free, but Tedj Belloumi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nasser Harkouk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rachid Sami Yachir in the 34th minute of the match. After 36 played minutes, Rancho Cordova AFC's Larbi Daham shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nasser Harkouk came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Rancho Cordova AFC reached it. Krim Aboulker in the 37thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tedj Belloumi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Rachid Sami Yachir charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rachid Sami Yachir the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Rancho Cordova AFC getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Rachid Sami Yachir hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Krim Aboulker managed to get in a good position for a shot. sky high's supporters rose to their feet, but Krim Aboulker was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tedj Belloumi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Krim Aboulker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tedj Belloumi having to interfere.

In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Rancho Cordova AFC's goalkeeper Tedj Belloumi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nasser Harkouk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalida Benida, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Krim Aboulker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tedj Belloumi having to interfere. Nasser Harkouk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalida Benida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66thth minute of the game Khalida Benida who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but sky high's Nasser Harkouk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tedj Belloumi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hakim Cavalli in the 68th minute of play. If Krim Aboulker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Noureddine Aarache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Khalida Benida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yazid Hima hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Khalida Benida received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Nasser Harkouk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rachid Sami Yachir in the 93rd minute of play forced sky high's goalkeeper Nasser Harkouk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Krim Aboulker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tedj Belloumi was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. sky high's Nasser Harkouk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save sky high from getting a goal against them. Chants of Rancho Cordova AFC echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as sky high had held the ball for most of the match.