League

Crab Orchard
Spectators: 6703 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 0) Rafik Yacef took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Chaba Arrache. Chaba Arrache dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 9 minutes, Yasmina Brahmi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crab Orchard AFC and the Lake Elmo players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Crab Orchard AFC's Yasmina Brahmi got a free kick in the 9th minute. Ahmed Soltani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kasdi Belmellat having to interfere. Kasdi Belmellat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chakib Brahami in the 14th minute. If Ahmed Soltani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 20 minutes into the match, Crab Orchard AFC's Chakib Brahami sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kasdi Belmellat narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 23rd minute, Rafik Yacef ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chaba Arrache was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. A collision led to Crab Orchard AFC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Amar Assad hit a great ball. 28 minutes into the match, Crab Orchard AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Hicham Labi came free, but Chaba Arrache reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chakib Brahami sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kasdi Belmellat stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ahmed Soltani's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. In the 33rd minute, Mouloud Djaout hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 36 minutes into the game, Chakib Brahami cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Kasdi Belmellat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Ahmed Soltani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kasdi Belmellat was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Lake Elmo's Mouloud Djaout got a free kick in the 41st minute. Hicham Labi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Rafik Yacef made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Rafik Yacef shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chaba Arrache saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hicham Labis short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Chaba Arrache to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Kasdi Belmellat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chakib Brahami, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Kasdi Belmellat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chakib Brahami, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hicham Labi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Chaba Arrache tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chakib Brahami sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Chakib Brahami fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kasdi Belmellat having to interfere. If Ahmed Soltani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kasdi Belmellat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chakib Brahami in the 77th minute of the match. A hard shot 81 in the game by Hicham Labi from a close distance when the talented Chaba Arrache managed to make a qualified save. Crab Orchard AFC's players were relieved. The supporters of Crab Orchard AFC booed when Lake Elmo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafik Yacef didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmed Soltani blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kasdi Belmellat having to make a save. With a little luck, Crab Orchard AFC's Chaba Arrache got control of the ball when Hicham Labi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cheb Ben Khalidi made a great header on Lake Elmo's corner, it was just that Crab Orchard AFC's Chaba Arrache managed to reach the ball for a save. Chaba Arrache took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafik Yacef, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chaba Arrache showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafik Yacef in the 93rd minute of the match. When Crab Orchard AFC's Ahmed Soltani in the 97th minute got a chance for a shot 97th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lake Elmo's goalie prevented a goal. The Lake Elmo players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.