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Silas i Stadium
Spectators: 6714 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mourad Menguellet got the match started through his kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Mourad Menguellet kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mohammad Kaci Kharroubi. That made the score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. Henry FC's Hamid Barbarossa got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Yasmina Aboulker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abdelhamid Abdenouz was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Yasmina Aboulker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 18th minute Edmond Hadj Aïssa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdelhamid Abdenouz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hamid Barbarossa in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abdelhamid Abdenouz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nadir Barbarossa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Mohammad Kaci Kharroubi made a huge save. After 21 minutes, Edmond Hadj Aïssa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Henry FC and the Linda FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 21st minute, Edmond Hadj Aïssa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henry FC's Hamid Barbarossa got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hamid Barbarossa might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Abdelhamid Abdenouz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hamid Barbarossa ran back to his position shaking his head. Edmond Hadj Aïssa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nadir Barbarossa charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nadir Barbarossa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 33rd match minute, Linda FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nadir Barbarossa to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 35 minutes, Edmond Hadj Aïssa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Henry FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edmond Hadj Aïssa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 37 minutes into the match, Zoheir Khaled had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mohammad Kaci Kharroubi. Henry FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zoheir Khaled was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 40 minutes into the match, Linda FC's goal looked a bit too open when Yasmina Aboulker came free, but Abdelhamid Abdenouz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute, Mohamed Souakri made a precise shot to the right of Abdelhamid Abdenouz. Linda FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Yasmina Aboulker blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abdelhamid Abdenouz having to make a save. Mohammad Kaci Kharroubi made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Nadir Barbarossa sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

A collision led to Henry FC getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Faouzi Ghazi hit a great ball. Mohammad Kaci Kharroubi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mourad Menguellet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Yasmina Aboulker kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Abdelhamid Abdenouz. That made the score 2-2 in the 60 minute of play. 2-3 became the score in the 65th minute when Hamid Barbarossa elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 67th match minute, Linda FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nadir Barbarossa to maneuver through the defense. If Hamid Barbarossa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 70 minutes into the match, Linda FC's goal looked a bit too open when Edmond Hadj Aïssa came free, but Abdelhamid Abdenouz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. During the 71st minute of the match Edmond Hadj Aïssa completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Edmond Hadj Aïssa a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 74th minute Mourad Menguellet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammad Kaci Kharroubi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Yazid Khendu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hakim Cavalli kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, Yazid Khendu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Henry FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. If Hamid Barbarossa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Yazid Khendu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Hamid Barbarossa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Henry FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hamid Barbarossa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abdelhamid Abdenouz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hamza Malek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelhamid Abdenouz having to interfere. Yasmina Aboulker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Henry FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.