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Gregory
Spectators: 6706 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1706, VIP seats: 0) Rachid Mansouri made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 6th minute Abdelhamid Hima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adlène Belfaa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rachid Mansouri was extremely unlucky when he, in the 8th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Amar Boulmerka recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Abdelhamid Hima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Adlène Belfaa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Gregory's Rachid Mansouri slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Abdelmalek Cixous. That made the score 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. North Cape May FC's Amar Boulmerka got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gregory's Adlène Belfaa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdelhamid Hima in the 34th minute of play. In the 37th match minute, North Cape May FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cheb Fahima to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Youssef Zarabi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gregory's supporters rose to their feet, but Youssef Zarabi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abdelmalek Cixous breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nassim Medjoudj charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nassim Medjoudj the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to North Cape May FC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Nassim Medjoudj hit a great ball. After 46 played minutes North Cape May FC got a freekick which was hit by Ahmed Banouas. 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 Abdelhamid Hima to make the kick off. When Gregory's Rachid Mansouri in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye North Cape May FC's goalie prevented a goal. When Youssef Zarabi came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Gregory 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 Youssef Zarabi couldn't finish the play. Abdelmalek Cixous showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Youssef Zarabi, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Adlène Belfaa stood somewhat misplaced when Abdelhamid Hima came free in front of goal and shot 1-1 to the left of him in the 58 minute. In the 63rd minute, Youssef Zarabi 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. After 65 minutes, Hakim Sofiane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the North Cape May FC and the Gregory players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 64th minute, one of North Cape May FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for North Cape May FC. The referee gave Gregory a penalty, 66 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mehdi Djamel, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of North Cape May FC's Abdelmalek Cixous. 2-1. Abdelmalek Cixous came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Gregory's Youssef Zarabi. But to his dismay, Youssef Zarabi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Hakim Sofiane, 90 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 94 minutes into the match, North Cape May FC's goal looked a bit too open when Youssef Zarabi came free, but Abdelmalek Cixous reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Noureddine Mami's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Abdelmalek Cixous read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 99th minute of play.