League

Nowata Stadium
Spectators: 6709 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Souad Hima got the match started through his kick off. Nordine Harkat charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nordine Harkat the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th minute Mohamed Saïd-Guerni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdelaziz Merah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boubekeur Djahnine in the 10th minute of play forced RED LIONS's goalkeeper Slimane Meriem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slimane Meriem stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Souad Hima's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. In the 13th minute of the match Kassel Bencherif shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abdelaziz Merah showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Mohamed Khaled took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abdelaziz Merah. Abdelaziz Merah 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. Abdelaziz Merah didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mohamed Saïd-Guerni went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Knodi Said in the 43rd minute of play forced Nowata FC's goalkeeper Abdelaziz Merah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nowata FC's goalkeeper Abdelaziz Merah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Boubekeur Djahnine could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Slimane Meriem made a huge save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mohamed Saïd-Guerni made a kick off. Abdelaziz Merah made an important save on a dangerous shot by Knodi Said in the 51st minute. Mohamed Saïd-Guerni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelaziz Merah having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boubekeur Djahnine in the 59th minute of play forced RED LIONS's goalkeeper Slimane Meriem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 minutes of play, RED LIONS's Knodi Said made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdelaziz Merah was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 64th minute, Mohamed Khaled hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 69 minutes, Kassel Bencherif mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RED LIONS and the Nowata FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 68th minute of the game. One of RED LIONS:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nowata FC:s goal. In the 74th minute of the match Abdelnacer Sadmi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abdelaziz Merah skillfully saved the ball. Souad Hima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelaziz Merah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mohamed Saïd-Guerni in the 78th minute of the match. Boubekeur Djahnine received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Slimane Meriem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abdelaziz Merah acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 87th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Abdelnacer Sadmi. Knodi Said sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 95 minutes into the match, RED LIONS's goal looked a bit too open when Boubekeur Djahnine came free, but Slimane Meriem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.