League

Havre Park
Spectators: 6707 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1707, VIP seats: 0) Ahmed Ahmed started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Salim Mammeri charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Salim Mammeri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Salim Mammeri hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Havre FC's Hocine Said got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hocine Said in the 10th minute of play forced Florence AFC's goalkeeper Ben Hemdani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Florence AFC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Ismaël Zitouni hit a great ball. Hocine Said sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Ben Hemdani managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Havre FC's Mahmoud Said fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 21 minutes into the match, Havre FC's goal looked a bit too open when Madjid Nekkar came free, but Nadir El-Hadi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nadir El-Hadi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Madjid Nekkar in the 23rd minute of the match. After having played for 27 minutes, Hocine Said managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Havre FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hocine Said was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Madjid Nekkar during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 32nd minute, Madjid Nekkar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nadir El-Hadi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Madjid Nekkar's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. Ahmed Ahmed received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Nadir El-Hadi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Havre FC's goal looked a bit too open when Madjid Nekkar came free, but Nadir El-Hadi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Madjid Nekkar got free with Nadir El-Hadi in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nadir El-Hadi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Florence AFC's Madjid Nekkar shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Madjid Nekkar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 65 minutes, Ahmed Hanin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Havre FC and the Florence AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 66th minute, Ahmed Hanin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Havre FC's Nadir El-Hadi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Havre FC from getting a goal against them. Ahmed Hanin kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 83rd match minute, Florence AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ismaël Zitouni to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Florence AFC's zone, Mahmoud Said stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ben Hemdani came out of the goal and Mahmoud Said tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ben Hemdani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hocine Said in the 87th minute of play. If Mahmoud Said had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmed Ahmed sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Florence AFC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.