League

Nanticoke
Spectators: 6701 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1701, VIP seats: 0) Karim Maroc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdelmalek Rahouli, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. A collision led to Payson getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Ahmed Karim Belkassem hit a great ball. Medjadi Bellemou Messaoud fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdellah Medjadi Brahimi having to interfere. Abdellah Medjadi Brahimi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rabah Besseghir, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Abdelmalek Rahouli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Maroc having to interfere. A collision led to Payson getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Ali Bouteflika hit a great ball. If Rabah Besseghir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Belaid Matmour sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Payson's Belaid Matmour got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abdelmalek Rahouli was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Nanticoke AFC's Noureddine Khelaifia got a free kick in the 51st minute. If Rabah Besseghir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rabah Besseghir blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abdellah Medjadi Brahimi having to make a save. Abdelmalek Rahouli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Karim Maroc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 74 played minutes Nanticoke AFC got a freekick which was hit by Hakim Méniri. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Abdelmalek Rahouli managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nanticoke AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Abdelmalek Rahouli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Karim Maroc breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 78 played minutes Payson got a freekick which was hit by Medjadi Bellemou Messaoud. If Smail Cohen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Payson booed when Nanticoke AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Liamine Halimi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nanticoke AFC's Abdellah Medjadi Brahimi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rabah Besseghir in the 85th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Belaid Matmour fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Abdellah Medjadi Brahimi, passed just outside the right post. Abdellah Medjadi Brahimi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rabah Besseghir in the 91st minute of the match. Mohamed Bouziane hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Abdellah Medjadi Brahimi made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Belaid Matmour sent off a good shot on target. When the final whistle sounded Payson left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nanticoke AFC.