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McCall
Spectators: 6696 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1696, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Soltani Karim Belkassem kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Abdelaziz Ammour mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the McCall AFC and the Saltville players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to McCall AFC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Abdelaziz Ammour hit a great ball. When Saltville's Soltani Karim Belkassem, in the 8th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Saltville. Soltani Karim Belkassem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. El Hadjadj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Ziani, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. El Hadjadj made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Belaid Medjiba sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Saltville's Nasser Lamine got a free kick in the 19th minute. El Hadjadj was out of position in the 21 minute of play, and Karim Ziani capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Karim Ziani really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 25thth minute of the game Soltani Karim Belkassem who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but McCall AFC's Abdelmalek Hamrouche was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. During the 27th minute of the match Abdelaziz Ammour completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Abdelaziz Ammour a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to McCall AFC getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Abdelaziz Ammour hit a great ball. After having played for 30 minutes, Abdelmalek Zitouni managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Saltville's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdelmalek Zitouni was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Abdelmalek Hamrouche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Soltani Karim Belkassem in the 32nd minute of play. A hard shot by Mohammad Kaci Adjani from long distance, 34 minutes into the match, got El Hadjadj's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Belaid Medjiba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but El Hadjadj made a huge save. Saltville's El Hadjadj proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Saltville from getting a goal against them. Abdelmalek Hamrouche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdelmalek Zitouni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdelmalek Zitouni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Abdelmalek Hamrouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Soltani Karim Belkassem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelmalek Hamrouche having to interfere. Abdelmalek Zitouni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Abdelmalek Hamrouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Belaid Medjiba to make the kick off. A collision led to McCall AFC getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Mehdi Zidane hit a great ball. When Nasser Lamine fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Saltville's protests and gave Nasser Lamine a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of McCall AFC booed when Saltville was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nasser Lamine didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Belaid Medjiba in the 62nd minute of play forced Saltville's goalkeeper El Hadjadj to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Soltani Karim Belkassem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. McCall AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Soltani Karim Belkassem scored to the left of an out of position Abdelmalek Hamrouche, making the score, 1-1. After 70 played minutes McCall AFC got a freekick which was hit by Nasreddine Barbarossa. Abdelmalek Hamrouche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Soltani Karim Belkassem in the 80th minute of play. 85 minutes into the game, Belaid Medjiba cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. El Hadjadj was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Soltani Karim Belkassem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelmalek Hamrouche having to interfere. Soltani Karim Belkassem blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abdelmalek Hamrouche having to make a save. Abdelmalek Hamrouche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Soltani Karim Belkassem in the 96th minute of the match. McCall AFC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.