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Lawnton Park
Spectators: 6719 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ismaël Chadl made the kick off which started today's match. After 5 minutes, Ismael Teissier mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gallup AFC and the Lawnton AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gallup AFC's Toufik Mammeri got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cherif Benhamou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mahmoud Ighil in the 12th minute of the match. Cherif Benhamou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toufik Mammeri, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 19th minute Toufik Mammeri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cherif Benhamou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mahmoud Ighil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Cherif Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Liamine Taha hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Mahmoud Ighil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Cherif Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 30 played minutes Lawnton AFC got a freekick which was hit by Nabil Horr. After 32 minutes of play, Gallup AFC's Toufik Mammeri made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cherif Benhamou was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 35th minute, Mohammed Saïdi-Sief hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Mahmoud Ighil came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Gallup 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 Mahmoud Ighil couldn't finish the play. In the 38th match minute, Lawnton AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohammed Saïdi-Sief to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 41 minutes, Mahmoud Ighil managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gallup AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mahmoud Ighil was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Toufik Mammeri scored 0-2 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cherif Benhamou, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Gallup AFC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Ismael Teissier hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

A collision led to Gallup AFC getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Salim Souakri hit a great ball. After 55 minutes, Djamel Belaout mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gallup AFC and the Lawnton AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Djamel Belaout hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Mahmoud Ighil's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 61stth minute, Cherif Benhamou skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Lawnton AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 63rd minute, when Toufik Mammeri scored to the left of an out of position Cherif Benhamou, making the score, 0-3. If Mahmoud Ighil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mahmoud Ighil in the 72ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cherif Benhamou, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After some careless play in the Lawnton AFC defense, Mahmoud Ighil kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cherif Benhamou. The Lawnton AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cherif Benhamou should have stopped the shot. When Gallup AFC's Toufik Mammeri in the 79th minute got a chance for a shot 79th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lawnton AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Toufik Mammeri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lawnton AFC's goalkeeper Cherif Benhamou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Toufik Mammeri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cherif Benhamou having to interfere. Toufik Mammeri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cherif Benhamou having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Ismaël Chadl left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lawnton AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Gallup AFC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.