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Camp Forsyth
Spectators: 6707 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1707, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Noureddine Azzizi-Kettab kicked off to start the match. Rachid Saïfi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Safy Zidān, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Simi Valley FC's zone, Souad Douibi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdelaziz Mami came out of the goal and Souad Douibi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rachid Saïfi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noureddine Azzizi-Kettab, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Camp Forsyth AFC's zone, Safy Zidān stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rachid Saïfi came out of the goal and Safy Zidān tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Noureddine Azzizi-Kettab fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Saïfi having to interfere. Rachid Saïfi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Safy Zidān went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Camp Forsyth AFC's zone, Safy Zidān stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rachid Saïfi came out of the goal and Safy Zidān tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Noureddine Azzizi-Kettab in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rachid Saïfi saved Camp Forsyth AFC from getting behind. After 24 played minutes Camp Forsyth AFC's Madhi Cherrad stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Abdelaziz Mami stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Simi Valley FC of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mohamed Ben Ahmed Beloufa during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Camp Forsyth AFC's Mohamed Ben Ahmed Beloufa got a free kick in the 35th minute. Rachid Saïfi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Safy Zidān in the 37th minute of play. Simi Valley FC's Mouloud Taha pulled a muscle in his leg after 39 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 39 minutes, Alain Moussaoui mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Camp Forsyth AFC and the Simi Valley FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alain Moussaoui hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. In the 43rd minute Ferhat Chaib shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rachid Saïfi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Simi Valley FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Souad Douibi made a kick off. Noureddine Azzizi-Kettab sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Madhi Cherrad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Abdelaziz Mami tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Amrani Ouadah took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Rachid Saïfi to make any attempt to save it. After a defensive mix-up in Camp Forsyth AFC's zone, Noureddine Azzizi-Kettab stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rachid Saïfi came out of the goal and Noureddine Azzizi-Kettab tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 65 minutes of play, Camp Forsyth AFC's Souad Douibi made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdelaziz Mami was left in no man's land by his defense there! Safy Zidān's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 77thth minute, Rachid Saïfi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 78th minute, Noureddine Azzizi-Kettab hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81stth minute of the game Madhi Cherrad who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Simi Valley FC's Abdelaziz Mami was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Safy Zidān fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Saïfi having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Camp Forsyth AFC's Mansour Raï got a free kick in the 91st minute. After some careless play in the Camp Forsyth AFC defense, Safy Zidān kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rachid Saïfi. The Camp Forsyth AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rachid Saïfi should have stopped the shot. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Simi Valley FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.