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Spruce Pine
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Rabah Madjer made the kick off and thus started the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rachid Bedjaoui during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 3rd match minute, Spruce Pine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rachid Bedjaoui to maneuver through the defense. Fouad Lamine took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rachid Bedjaoui, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 6 minutes of play, Robensons's Smail Doutté made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tayeb Daham was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 9th minute, Rabah Madjer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Rabah Madjer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Robensons's supporters rose to their feet, but Rabah Madjer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tayeb Daham breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 14 minutes into the match, Robensons's goal looked a bit too open when Mounir Madani came free, but Fouad Lamine reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rabah Yahia charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rabah Yahia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rabah Yahia hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Smail Doutté recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 20th match minute, Spruce Pine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafik Zoheir Sakhri to maneuver through the defense. After 21 played minutes Spruce Pine got a freekick which was hit by Rachid Bedjaoui. Tayeb Daham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Madjid Cherrad, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Fouad Lamine took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mounir Madani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mokdad Bouteflika hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. When Rabah Madjer came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Robensons 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 Rabah Madjer couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Rabah Madjer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Robensons's supporters rose to their feet, but Rabah Madjer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tayeb Daham breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Rabah Madjer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tayeb Daham was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Rabah Madjer put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Tayeb Daham. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Mounir Madani made the kick off in the second half. Fouad Lamine showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kassel Morceli, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. A collision led to Robensons getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Mouloud Belmadi hit a great ball. Mokdad Yahi kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Smail Doutté made a precise shot to the right of Tayeb Daham. Spruce Pine's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Rabah Madjer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Tayeb Daham tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fouad Lamine took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mounir Madani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Rabah Madjer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 71st minute, Rabah Madjer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of Robensons booed when Spruce Pine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rachid Bedjaoui didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fouad Lamine showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafik Zoheir Sakhri in the 76th minute of the match. In the 77th match minute, Spruce Pine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rabah Yahia to maneuver through the defense. Robensons's Fouad Lamine played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rachid Bedjaoui in the 80th minute of play. Mounir Madani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fouad Lamine having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mounir Madani in the 86th minute of play forced Robensons's goalkeeper Fouad Lamine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mounir Madani scored 2-3 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fouad Lamine, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 90th match minute, Spruce Pine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafik Zoheir Sakhri to maneuver through the defense. The Robensons supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Robensons would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.