League

Atlantic Highlands S
Spectators: 6688 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1688, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sofiane Mesbah made the kick off which started today's match. Smail Djamel charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Smail Djamel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Smail Djamel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 7 minutes, Faouzi Cixous mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Galion AFC and the Atlantic Highlands AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rafik Zoheir Ammour charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rafik Zoheir Ammour the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Youssef Said fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mamaar Bentifour having to interfere. Mamaar Bentifour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sofiane Mesbah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Hameur Matoub managed to get in a good position for a shot. Atlantic Highlands AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hameur Matoub was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mourad Hima breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 20 minutes into the match, Galion AFC's goalkeeper Mourad Hima had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hameur Matoub. Youssef Said received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Mamaar Bentifour tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mamaar Bentifour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Youssef Said in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amar Lamine in the 33rd minute of play forced Galion AFC's goalkeeper Mourad Hima to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hameur Matoub got free with Mourad Hima in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 36th minute Youssef Said shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mamaar Bentifour saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th match minute, Atlantic Highlands AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jean-Baptiste Messaoud to maneuver through the defense. Sofiane Mesbah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Mamaar Bentifour tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, Youssef Said had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mamaar Bentifour. Atlantic Highlands AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Youssef Said was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Amar Lamine to make the kick off. Hameur Matoub received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Mourad Hima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Hameur Matoub managed to get in a good position for a shot. Atlantic Highlands AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hameur Matoub was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mourad Hima breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 68 played minutes Galion AFC got a freekick which was hit by Rafik Zoheir Ammour. Sofiane Mesbah received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mamaar Bentifour came out and tried to block the shot, but Sofiane Mesbah slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 74th minute. Mourad Hima made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hameur Matoub in the 79th minute of play. Amar Lamine fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mourad Hima having to interfere. Sofiane Mesbah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 86th minute, Youssef Said left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Galion AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. When Youssef Said came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Galion AFC 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 Youssef Said couldn't finish the play. Sofiane Mesbah's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mamaar Bentifour read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sofiane Mesbah's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mamaar Bentifour was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. The Atlantic Highlands AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Galion AFC's performance. The match ended with a win for Galion AFC.