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Havre Park
Spectators: 6709 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mehdi Bencherif kicked off to start the match. Nadir El-Hadi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehdi Bencherif in the 9th minute of play. Havre FC's Nadir El-Hadi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tayeb Souakri in the 21st minute of play. After 24 minutes of play, Havre FC's Mahmoud Said made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ali Mezair was left in no man's land by his defense there! 28 minutes into the match, Netcong FC's Smail Bencheikh sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nadir El-Hadi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Netcong FC booed when Havre FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karim Belhadj didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Smail Bencheikh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mehdi Bencherif in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nadir El-Hadi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 33 minutes into the match, Havre FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mehdi Bencherif came free, but Nadir El-Hadi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th match minute, Havre FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmed Hanin to maneuver through the defense. When Smail Bencheikh came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Netcong FC 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 Smail Bencheikh couldn't finish the play. If Smail Bencheikh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 47th minute of the game. One of Havre FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Netcong FC:s goal.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hocine Said made a kick off. In the 54th minute Mehdi Bencherif shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nadir El-Hadi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th match minute, Netcong FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fodil Liegeon to maneuver through the defense. Havre FC's Hocine Said got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mahmoud Said received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Ali Mezair tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 83rdth minute of the game Mahmoud Said who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Netcong FC's Ali Mezair was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Havre FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Djabir Reda Madouni in the 85th minute. After taking down the ball on Havre FC's corner Djabir Reda Madouni fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ali Mezair quite easily take care of the ball. Ahmed Hanin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ali Mezair made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hocine Said in the 89th minute of play. Mehdi Bencherif received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Nadir El-Hadi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 98th minute, Hocine Said got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 98th match minute, Netcong FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fodil Liegeon to maneuver through the defense. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.