League

ACDC Park
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Camel Belkacem started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mohammed Benhamou made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Rachid Medjoudj sent off a good shot on target. After 4 minutes, Yasmina Temmam mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the South Chicago Heights and the Atlanta United players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Atlanta United booed when South Chicago Heights was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yasmina Temmam didn't get a good kick on the ball. Houari Khelaifia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelmalek Zidane in the 7th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Abdelmalek Zidane's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Houari Khelaifia was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 10thth minute of the game Abdelmalek Zidane who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Atlanta United's Houari Khelaifia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Camel Belkacem might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mohammed Benhamou. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Camel Belkacem ran back to his position shaking his head. If Rachid Medjoudj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 18th minute of the match Mustapha Djaout shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mohammed Benhamou showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Yasmina Temmam got his second yellow card in the match during the 19th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 19th minute, Yasmina Temmam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 21 minutes, Abdelmalek Zidane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the South Chicago Heights and the Atlanta United players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 21 played minutes South Chicago Heights got a freekick which was hit by Abdelmalek Zidane. If Abdelmalek Zidane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chadli Mesbah kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Mohammed Benhamou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Camel Belkacem, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute of the match Chadli Mesbah sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Houari Khelaifia skillfully saved the ball. Abdelmalek Zidane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute, Abdelmalek Zidane left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The South Chicago Heights fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Houari Khelaifia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yacine Zafour went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The Atlanta United players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. South Chicago Heights were winning 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelmalek Zidane stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mohammed Benhamou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rachid Medjoudj, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yacine Zafour kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Abdelmalek Zidane's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 63rdth minute, Houari Khelaifia skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Abdelmalek Zidane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Houari Khelaifia having to interfere. In the 67th minute Amar Bouziane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Houari Khelaifia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdelmalek Zidane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Houari Khelaifia having to interfere. Abdelmalek Zidane's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Houari Khelaifia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. Abdelmalek Zidane's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Houari Khelaifia firmly grabbed it by the left post. When Amar Bouziane fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored South Chicago Heights's protests and gave Amar Bouziane a yellow card for diving instead. Camel Belkacem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Mohammed Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohammed Benhamou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Camel Belkacem, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Atlanta United's Houari Khelaifia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Atlanta United from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice moves Abdelmalek Zidane could shoot a difficult shot in the 86th minute, which Houari Khelaifia however easily saved by the left post. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Atlanta United's goalkeeper Houari Khelaifia, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Abdelmalek Zidane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Houari Khelaifia having to interfere.