League

South Farmingdale St
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jussef Ben Asma took the kick off in the first half of the match. After having played for 3 minutes, Jussef Ben Asma managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sumner's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jussef Ben Asma was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Faouzi Bitat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Nouredine Makkeb tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7thth minute of the game Jussef Ben Asma who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but South Farmingdale's Nouredine Makkeb was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Faouzi Bitat had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nouredine Makkeb. South Farmingdale's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Faouzi Bitat was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdelaziz Cixous got free with Anthar Merzekane in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In a very dangerous position, a player in South Farmingdale fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 13th minute. Penalty! Jussef Ben Asma scored 0-2 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nouredine Makkeb, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in South Farmingdale's zone, Rafik Moussa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nouredine Makkeb came out of the goal and Rafik Moussa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 23 minutes into the match, South Farmingdale's goal looked a bit too open when Noureddine Chadl came free, but Nouredine Makkeb reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nouredine Makkeb showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faouzi Bitat in the 24th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Noureddine Zitouni during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 25 played minutes South Farmingdale got a freekick which was hit by Noureddine Zitouni. Noureddine Chadl sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 33 minutes into the match, South Farmingdale's goal looked a bit too open when Bendjedid Belkheir came free, but Nouredine Makkeb reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nouredine Makkeb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jussef Ben Asma in the 37th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, South Farmingdale's goal looked a bit too open when Bendjedid Belkheir came free, but Nouredine Makkeb reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to South Farmingdale getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Mohammad Said hit a great ball. Faouzi Bitat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Noureddine Zitouni kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelaziz Cixous stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Alain Zaoui's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nouredine Makkeb was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. After 55 minutes of play, Sumner's Bendjedid Belkheir made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nouredine Makkeb was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 59th minute, Faouzi Bitat made a precise shot to the right of Nouredine Makkeb. South Farmingdale's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Faouzi Bitat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 64 minutes, Alain Zaoui managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sumner's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alain Zaoui was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 68 minutes into the match, Mohammad Said notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Sumner's Anthar Merzekane. Anthar Merzekane was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Abdelaziz Cixous kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bendjedid Belkheir got free with Nouredine Makkeb in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bendjedid Belkheir received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Nouredine Makkeb tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Faouzi Bitat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Jussef Ben Asma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 92 minutes, Faouzi Bitat managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sumner's supporters crossed their fingers, but Faouzi Bitat was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The throw-in from Youssef Boulmerka in the 95th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Sumner's Faouzi Bitat. A hard shot 96 in the game by Bendjedid Belkheir from a close distance when the talented Nouredine Makkeb managed to make a qualified save. South Farmingdale's players were relieved. When the final whistle sounded Sumner left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than South Farmingdale.