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Mexia
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Mohamed Kafi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mexia FC's Rachid Madjer got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mohamed Kafi might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Smail Bitat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mohamed Kafi ran back to his position shaking his head. Mohamed Ouadah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Smail Bitat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rachid Madjer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Smail Bitat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohamed Kafi, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Rachid Madjer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Smail Bitat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohamed Kafi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Smail Bitat came out and tried to block the shot, but Mohamed Kafi slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 22nd minute. Rachid Madjer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Smail Bitat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rachid Madjer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Smail Bitat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Smail Bitat was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mohamed Kafi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 35 minute of play. Fathi Bentifour sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 43 minutes in the game, Mohamed Kafi fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Smail Bitat having to interfere. Smail Bitat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mohamed Kafi in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fathi Bentifour stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Mohamed Kafi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexia FC were furious when Cheikha Saïdi-Sief was red carded, 64 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 63 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Mexia FC! The referee gave Lochmoor Waterway Estates a penalty, 66 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Karim Bendjedid, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Mexia FC's Faouzi Dahleb. 3-1. 77 minutes into the game, Lochmoor Waterway Estates's Kamel Mohand nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Faouzi Dahleb made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. In the 82nd minute, Madjid Maroc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kamel Mohand sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.