League

Saltville Park
Spectators: 6704 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1704, VIP seats: 0) Soltani Karim Belkassem made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to South Hill AFC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Chadli Allalou hit a great ball. 9 minutes into the game, Abdelmalek Zitouni lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Nordine Otman. If Mohammed Cavalli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Hadjadj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohammed Cavalli, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. El Hadjadj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohammed Cavalli, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Smail Bouchemla hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. If Mohammed Cavalli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 21 minutes into the match, South Hill AFC's Abdelaziz Merzekane sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that El Hadjadj narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 24th minute of the match, Soltani Karim Belkassem tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Nordine Otman saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Abdelaziz Merzekane took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised El Hadjadj. El Hadjadj dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. A collision led to Saltville getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Nasser Lamine hit a great ball. El Hadjadj didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abdelaziz Merzekane went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After 35 played minutes Saltville got a freekick which was hit by Nouredine Mezair. Abdelaziz Merzekane blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without El Hadjadj having to make a save. The supporters of South Hill AFC booed when Saltville was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Soltani Karim Belkassem didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mohammed Cavalli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without El Hadjadj having to interfere. El Hadjadj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdelaziz Merzekane, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Abdelaziz Merzekane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. El Hadjadj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelaziz Merzekane stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes, Abdelaziz Merzekane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the South Hill AFC and the Saltville players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 52nd match minute, South Hill AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelaziz Merzekane to maneuver through the defense. After 59 played minutes South Hill AFC got a freekick which was hit by Sofiane Kraouche. El Hadjadj made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdelaziz Merzekane in the 64th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, South Hill AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Soltani Karim Belkassem came free, but Nordine Otman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Soltani Karim Belkassem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nordine Otman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelmalek Zitouni in the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th minute of the match Chadli Allalou sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but El Hadjadj skillfully saved the ball. After 77 minutes, Nasser Lamine mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Saltville and the South Hill AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 77 played minutes Saltville got a freekick which was hit by Nasser Lamine. After 79 played minutes South Hill AFC got a freekick which was hit by Ahmed Yahia. Saltville's El Hadjadj proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Saltville from getting a goal against them. Chadli Allalou hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. After having played for 96 minutes, Soltani Karim Belkassem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Saltville's supporters crossed their fingers, but Soltani Karim Belkassem was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.