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Ludlow Park
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abdelmalek Mekhloufi made the kick off which started today's match. In the 11th minute, Ferhat Cherrad ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tayeb Zahouania was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Rachid Haddou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Liamine El-Ouafi having to interfere. Liamine El-Ouafi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdelmalek Mekhloufi, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Hoosick Falls's Karim Bougherra got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abdelmalek Mekhloufi's late challenge caught a Hoosick Falls's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdelmalek Mekhloufi helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Ludlow AFC getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Abdelmalek Mekhloufi hit a great ball. In the 30th minute Ferhat Cherrad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tayeb Zahouania saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd match minute, Hoosick Falls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohamed Moussa to maneuver through the defense. Abdelmalek Mekhloufi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Liamine El-Ouafi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rachid Haddou in the 44thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Liamine El-Ouafi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Abdelmalek Mekhloufi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Karim Bougherra stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Ludlow AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Djabir Amara to maneuver through the defense. Ferhat Cherrad scored 1-3 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tayeb Zahouania, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Abdelmalek Mekhloufi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Liamine El-Ouafi having to make a save. After 68 played minutes Ludlow AFC got a freekick which was hit by Fawzi Zahouania. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ferhat Cherrad got free with Tayeb Zahouania in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rachid Haddou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Liamine El-Ouafi having to interfere. If Rachid Haddou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ferhat Cherrad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tayeb Zahouania having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Hoosick Falls's Abd el Kourichi got a free kick in the 91st minute. Mouloud Guendouz hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Hoosick Falls eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.