League

Lake Elmo Stadium
Spectators: 6713 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 0) Rafik Yacef started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Kasdi Belmellat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mourad Saïdi-Sief, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th match minute, HAYK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lakhdar Doutté to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Almir Neves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kasdi Belmellat was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Lake Elmo's zone, Mourad Saïdi-Sief stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kasdi Belmellat came out of the goal and Mourad Saïdi-Sief tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 29 minutes into the match, Almir Neves notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Lake Elmo's Kasdi Belmellat. Kasdi Belmellat was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 37 minutes into the game, Almir Neves cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Kasdi Belmellat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 43rd minute, Mourad Saïdi-Sief 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. HAYK's Hamid Bitat proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save HAYK from getting a goal against them. The supporters of HAYK booed when Lake Elmo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amar Massi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Mourad Saïdi-Sief made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kateb Iles during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to HAYK getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Kateb Iles hit a great ball. When Rafik Yacef came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Lake Elmo 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 Rafik Yacef couldn't finish the play. After 62 played minutes Lake Elmo got a freekick which was hit by Said Bellemou Messaoud. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lakhdar Doutté during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Lake Elmo booed when HAYK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lakhdar Doutté didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 72 played minutes HAYK got a freekick which was hit by Rabah Amara. Kasdi Belmellat was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mourad Saïdi-Sief showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 78 minute of play. Hicham Labi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamid Bitat having to interfere. Hicham Labi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over HAYK could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lake Elmo throughout the match.