League

Montgomery Village S
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Rachid Aboulker hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The supporters of Hoyt Lakes booed when Montgomery Village was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mohamed Ben Nabil didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 18th minute of the match Ahmed Abdelghani shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Chaba Daham showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Mohamed Ben Nabil's late challenge caught a Hoyt Lakes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohamed Ben Nabil helped the player get up and apologised. After 18 played minutes Montgomery Village got a freekick which was hit by Mohamed Ben Nabil. Smail Gaouaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Meziane Matmour received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Chaba Daham tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chaba Daham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Smail Gaouaoui, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Montgomery Village's Chaba Daham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Meziane Matmour in the 31st minute of play. Mohamed Ben Nabil was shown his second yellow card after 32 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 33rd minute, Mohamed Ben Nabil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Meziane Matmour scored 0-1 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Chaba Daham, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kassel Bezzaz hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

In the 59th minute Ahmed Touhami shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fawzi Bouteflika saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Ahmed Touhami had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Ahmed Touhami had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Meziane Matmour sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fawzi Bouteflika stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ahmed Touhami's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Meziane Matmour received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Chaba Daham tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmed Touhami sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Belmadi Larfaoui came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Montgomery Village 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 Belmadi Larfaoui couldn't finish the play. The Hoyt Lakes supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Hoyt Lakes would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.