League

Citizens Park
Spectators: 5600 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Karim Abdessalam took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Hamza Asma came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Stanleyville 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 Hamza Asma couldn't finish the play. When Abderrachid Medjiba came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Citizens FC 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 Abderrachid Medjiba couldn't finish the play. Karim Sadmi made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Samir Bougherra sent off a good shot on target. Smail Louahla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Hima in the 17th minute of the match. Karim Abdessalam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Sadmi having to interfere. With a little luck, Stanleyville AFC's Karim Sadmi got control of the ball when Samir Bougherra tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fodil Assad kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. The supporters of Stanleyville AFC booed when Citizens FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abderrachid Medjiba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abdulhamid Abdelghani took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 33rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Smail Louahla. Citizens FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 35th minute, Karim Abdessalam reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Karim Sadmi. The goal made the score 1-0. Smail Louahla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hamza Asma in the 42nd minute of the match. 45 minutes into the game, Karim Abdessalam was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Citizens FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Stanleyville AFC the free kick. In the 45th minute, Karim Abdessalam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Robert Hima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Smail Louahla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Robert Hima made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Stanleyville AFC booed when Citizens FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Madjid Adjani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stanleyville AFC's Robert Hima got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 55 minutes into the match, Stanleyville AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Samir Bougherra came free, but Karim Sadmi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute Karim Abdessalam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karim Sadmi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Hima's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Smail Louahla read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. Smail Louahla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hamza Asma in the 62nd minute. Karim Sadmi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Samir Bougherra's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. When Citizens FC's Samir Bougherra in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stanleyville AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Samir Bougherra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Sadmi having to interfere. Meziane Oussalah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Smail Louahla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Karim Sadmi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karim Abdessalam in the 77th minute of the match. Samir Bougherra kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Hamza Asma 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. A collision led to Citizens FC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Abd al-Aziz Macias hit a great ball. Karim Sadmi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samir Bougherra in the 94th minute of play. Fodil Assad hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Stanleyville AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.