League

East Aurora Park
Spectators: 6690 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 0) Ford Heights's Karim Tlemcani 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Nouredine Temmam managed to get in a good position for a shot. East Aurora AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nouredine Temmam was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ahmed Abdelghani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Ford Heights's zone, Nouredine Temmam stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ahmed Abdelghani came out of the goal and Nouredine Temmam tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Abdelhamid Bridji sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ahmed Abdelghani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nouredine Temmam, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Ford Heights's Ahmed Abdelghani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Ford Heights from getting a goal against them. Houari Hadj Aïssa hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Nouredine Temmam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmed Abdelghani having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Ford Heights's Camel Mazzid got a free kick in the 17th minute. Boubekeur Zitouni took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 21st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ahmed Abdelghani. Ford Heights's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Camel Mazzid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Reda Mesbah managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ford Heights's supporters rose to their feet, but Reda Mesbah was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Reda Nabil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mahmoud Boukensa hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nouredine Temmam in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ahmed Abdelghani saved Ford Heights from getting behind. Karim Tlemcani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Amar Bouzid's late challenge caught a Ford Heights's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amar Bouzid helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to East Aurora AFC getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Amar Bouzid hit a great ball. Houari Hadj Aïssa, 40 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Reda Mesbah 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. Boubekeur Zitouni was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 47 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of East Aurora AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ford Heights:s goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abdelhamid Bridji to strike the kick off in the second half. East Aurora AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 55th minute, when Karim Tlemcani scored to the left of an out of position Reda Nabil, making the score, 0-2. After having played for 58 minutes, Abdelhamid Bridji managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. East Aurora AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdelhamid Bridji was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 62 minutes of play, East Aurora AFC's Abdelhamid Bridji made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ahmed Abdelghani was left in no man's land by his defense there! Reda Nabil stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Karim Tlemcani's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Reda Mesbah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Reda Nabil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Reda Nabil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karim Tlemcani in the 93rd minute of play. East Aurora AFC's Abdelhamid Bridji got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Reda Mesbah's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Reda Nabil firmly grabbed it by the left post. The East Aurora AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Ford Heights's performance. The match ended with a win for Ford Heights.