League

Stampford Lake
Spectators: 7406 (Terracing: 5581, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 114) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yazid Boulmerka started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute of the match Abd el Djeziri shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abd el Saïdi-Sief showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 6 minutes into the match, Yazid Boulmerka notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Chelsea AFC's Abd el Saïdi-Sief. Abd el Saïdi-Sief was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lili Hima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abd el Saïdi-Sief having to interfere. Abd el Saïdi-Sief made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lili Hima in the 15th minute of play. A collision led to Palmdale East getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Yazid Boulmerka hit a great ball. Assia Mammeri struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Daniel Lacen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chelsea AFC. When Lili Hima came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Palmdale East 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 Lili Hima couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abd al-Aziz Kacha in the 38th minute of play forced Chelsea AFC's goalkeeper Abd el Saïdi-Sief to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fawzi Sennaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Daniel Lacen having to interfere. 42 minutes into the game, Palmdale East's Lili Hima nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abd el Saïdi-Sief made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Assia Mammeri made a kick off. Fawzi Sennaoui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Daniel Lacen 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 57 minutes, Lili Hima put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Abd el Saïdi-Sief. In the 60th minute Yazid Boulmerka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abd el Saïdi-Sief saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Assia Meskine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Fawzi Sennaoui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Chelsea AFC's Fawzi Sennaoui in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Palmdale East's goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hakim Dahleb during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Hakim Dahleb hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Lili Hima sped through Chelsea AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Abd el Saïdi-Sief. Yazid Boulmerka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Abd el Saïdi-Sief tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th minute, Yazid Boulmerka fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Boughera Madjer hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Palmdale East's Ahmed Megharia shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 94th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Abd el Saïdi-Sief but with some difficulty. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Palmdale East walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.