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Gloversville Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abdelaziz Menad made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Gloversville FC booed when Spooner was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdelaziz Menad didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Abdelaziz Menad managed to get in a good position for a shot. Spooner's supporters rose to their feet, but Abdelaziz Menad was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ferhat Azzizi-Kettab breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Mohamed Mansouri managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gloversville FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Mohamed Mansouri was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thelma Khabatou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Gloversville FC booed when Spooner was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdelaziz Maroc didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mohamed Aliche recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With his leg Thelma Khabatou managed to avoid a goal in the 12thth minute, when Gloversville FC's Mohamed Mansouri fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 14th minute, Abdelaziz Menad made a precise shot to the right of Ferhat Azzizi-Kettab. Gloversville FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Mohamed Mansouri came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Gloversville 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 Mohamed Mansouri couldn't finish the play. Hocine Bahari charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hocine Bahari the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Gloversville FC booed when Spooner was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hocine Bahari didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thelma Khabatou made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mohamed Mansouri in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute, Mohamed Mansouri ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thelma Khabatou was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Mohamed Mansouri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mohamed Mansouri 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. Spooner's Thelma Khabatou proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Spooner from getting a goal against them. In the 31st match minute, Spooner was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelaziz Maroc to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Abderrahmane Zenia put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Thelma Khabatou. After a defensive mix-up in Spooner's zone, Noureddine Mesbah stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thelma Khabatou came out of the goal and Noureddine Mesbah tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Robert Djahnine had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Mohamed Mansouri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Mohamed Mansouri made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Spooner was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kader Piaf to maneuver through the defense. After 59 played minutes Gloversville FC got a freekick which was hit by Farid Messaoud. Ferhat Azzizi-Kettab showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelaziz Menad in the 62nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Gloversville FC's Ferhat Azzizi-Kettab got control of the ball when Noureddine Benhamou tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mohamed Mansouri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Noureddine Benhamou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Ferhat Azzizi-Kettab tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thelma Khabatou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mohamed Mansouri's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Spooner's zone, Abderrahmane Zenia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thelma Khabatou came out of the goal and Abderrahmane Zenia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Noureddine Benhamou could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Ferhat Azzizi-Kettab made a huge save. The supporters of Spooner booed when Gloversville FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Noureddine Mesbah didn't get a good kick on the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Spooner's goal looked a bit too open when Mohamed Mansouri came free, but Thelma Khabatou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Abderrahmane Zenia managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gloversville FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Abderrahmane Zenia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thelma Khabatou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thelma Khabatou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohamed Mansouri in the 84th minute of play. Thelma Khabatou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mohamed Mansouri went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Noureddine Benhamou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.