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Newton Stadium
Spectators: 6716 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Newton getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Faouzi Saïdi-Sief hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Guillaume Laurent Kouri managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arsenal's supporters rose to their feet, but Guillaume Laurent Kouri was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fadhil Tahar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 10 minutes into the match, Guillaume Laurent Kouri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fadhil Tahar. Newton's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guillaume Laurent Kouri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 14 minutes into the match, Newton's goal looked a bit too open when Amar Tahar came free, but Fadhil Tahar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Amar Tahar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Fadhil Tahar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute, Chakib Camus 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. Fadhil Tahar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillaume Laurent Kouri, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Guillaume Laurent Kouri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Fadhil Tahar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fadhil Tahar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amar Tahar in the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amar Tahar in the 42nd minute of play forced Newton's goalkeeper Fadhil Tahar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 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 Smail Saci stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With his leg Fadhil Tahar managed to avoid a goal in the 54thth minute, when Arsenal's Amar Tahar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 57 minutes into the game, Amar Tahar lined in a short shot 0-4 behind a frustrated Fadhil Tahar. Fadhil Tahar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chakib Camus's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. In the 62nd match minute, Arsenal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amar Hima to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 69 minutes, Yazid Ulansi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Newton's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yazid Ulansi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 70th minute, Amine Tahar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guillaume Laurent Kouri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fadhil Tahar having to interfere. Amar Tahar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fadhil Tahar having to interfere. If Guillaume Laurent Kouri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Fahima hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Newton's Smail Saci got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Amar Tahar was extremely unlucky when he, in the 95th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When the final whistle sounded Arsenal left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Newton.