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Arena Sacanagem
Spectators: 6801 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1701, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mohammed Ahmed Ben Liegeon took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 played minutes South El Monte got a freekick which was hit by Mohammad Kaci Merbah. In the 9th minute, Mohammed Ahmed Ben Liegeon 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. With his leg Ahmed Chedda managed to avoid a goal in the 12thth minute, when Midway Monsters's Maïssa Belhadj fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 17th minute, South El Monte's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Zoheir Teissier fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Zemmamouche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hachemi Meniri in the 33rd minute of the match. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Zemmamouche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hachemi Meniri in the 36th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Krim Zitouni during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 40th minute, Krim Zitouni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. François Medjani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Zemmamouche tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mohammed Ahmed Ben Liegeon in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ahmed Chedda saved South El Monte from getting behind. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Zemmamouche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from François Medjani, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Cherif Bezzaz hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. When Hachemi Meniri came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the South El Monte 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 Hachemi Meniri couldn't finish the play. An unexpected shot in the 71st minute by Krim Zitouni got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 75th minute Hachemi Meniri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Ben Ahmed Zemmamouche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 76 minutes, Medjadi Mazzid mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Midway Monsters and the South El Monte players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Midway Monsters getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Medjadi Mazzid hit a great ball. In the 83rd minute, Krim Zitouni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mohamed Ben Ahmed Zemmamouche was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. When François Medjani came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the South El Monte 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 François Medjani couldn't finish the play. When François Medjani came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the South El Monte 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 François Medjani couldn't finish the play. François Medjani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Ben Ahmed Zemmamouche having to interfere. Hachemi Meniri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Ben Ahmed Zemmamouche having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded South El Monte left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Midway Monsters.