League

Cotuit
Spectators: 6710 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1710, VIP seats: 0) Souad Benaouf received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Hicham Badis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to North Adams AFC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Tayeb Bella hit a great ball. Abdelaziz Mihoubi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Hicham Badis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohamed Mérah-Benida in the 11th minute of play forced Cotuit AFC's goalkeeper Smail Zaoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 13 minutes into the match, North Adams AFC's goalkeeper Hicham Badis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdelaziz Mihoubi. 15 minutes into the match, Cotuit AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Mohamed Mérah-Benida came free, but Smail Zaoui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Smail Zaoui showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Menad Hasni, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 24 minutes into the match, North Adams AFC's goalkeeper Hicham Badis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdelaziz Mihoubi. 26 minutes into the match, Cotuit AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Mohamed Mérah-Benida came free, but Smail Zaoui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cotuit AFC's Abdelaziz Mihoubi got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Menad Hasni in the 38th minute of play forced Cotuit AFC's goalkeeper Smail Zaoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Menad Hasni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Smail Zaoui was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Souad Benaouf to make the kick off. Menad Hasni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Smail Zaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Menad Hasni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 64 minutes of play, North Adams AFC's Mohamed Mérah-Benida made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Smail Zaoui was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abdelaziz Mihoubi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Hicham Badis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Menad Hasni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of North Adams AFC booed when Cotuit AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Noureddine Fergani didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Cotuit AFC's Noureddine Fergani got a free kick in the 77th minute. With a little luck, Cotuit AFC's Smail Zaoui got control of the ball when Mohamed Mérah-Benida tried to sneak it across the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Cotuit AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Menad Hasni came free, but Smail Zaoui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Abdelaziz Mihoubi came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Cotuit AFC 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 Abdelaziz Mihoubi couldn't finish the play. Guillaume Laurent Ighil kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. North Adams AFC's Tayeb Bella couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 88th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Cotuit AFC. Hicham Badis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Souad Benaouf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Souad Benaouf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.