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Sea Isle City Park
Spectators: 6716 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fathi Harkat got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th match minute, Sea Isle City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohammed Merah-Benida to maneuver through the defense. Rachid Menguellet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustapha Souakri in the 8th minute of the match. After 9 minutes, Fodil Bridji mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lemoore AFC and the Sea Isle City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fodil Bridji hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. The supporters of Sea Isle City booed when Lemoore AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lounès Guendouz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 11 played minutes, Sea Isle City's Chaba Merzekane shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rachid Haddou came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Sea Isle City reached it. 12 minutes into the match, Noureddine Ghazi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rachid Haddou. Lemoore AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Noureddine Ghazi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 15th minute, Djabir Raho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rachid Menguellet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fouad Maillot, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, Sea Isle City's Abdelaziz El-Kenz got a free kick in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mustapha Souakri in the 18th minute of play forced Sea Isle City's goalkeeper Rachid Menguellet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Noureddine Ghazi succeeded in the game's 20th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. After a rather tough play, Sea Isle City's Abdelaziz El-Kenz got a free kick in the 24th minute. Lakhdar Merbah took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 25th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rachid Menguellet. Sea Isle City's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Rachid Menguellet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustapha Souakri, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Fouad Maillot sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abdelmalek Zarabi during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Fodil Bridji hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Chaba Merzekane took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rachid Haddou. Lemoore AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Rachid Menguellet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustapha Souakri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 47 played minutes Sea Isle City got a freekick which was hit by Nadir Moll. Rachid Menguellet came out of the goal in the 48th minute to try and stop a shot by Lemoore AFC's Mustapha Souakri. But to his dismay, Mustapha Souakri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mustapha Souakri made a kick off. Rachid Haddou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fathi Harkat in the 55th minute of the match. Fouad Maillot could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Rachid Menguellet made a huge save. If Mustapha Souakri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mustapha Souakri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Abdelaziz El-Kenz kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Lemoore AFC's Lakhdar Merbah shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 69th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Rachid Menguellet but with some difficulty. A collision led to Lemoore AFC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Lounès Guendouz hit a great ball. Mustapha Souakri received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rachid Menguellet came out and tried to block the shot, but Mustapha Souakri slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 75th minute. Rachid Haddou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Noureddine Ghazi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes into the match, Sea Isle City's goalkeeper Rachid Menguellet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lounès Guendouz. Fouad Maillot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Menguellet having to interfere. If Fathi Harkat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 85 minutes into the game, Noureddine Ghazi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Rachid Haddou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lemoore AFC's Fouad Maillot got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sea Isle City's Rachid Menguellet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mustapha Souakri in the 91st minute of play. With his leg Rachid Menguellet managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Lemoore AFC's Fouad Maillot fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Rachid Menguellet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mustapha Souakri's shot from short distance in the 98th minute. The Sea Isle City support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.