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Lincoln Village Stad
Spectators: 6716 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abd al-Asis Souakri got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Lincoln Village FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Fathi Kermali hit a great ball. Mohamed Hanister received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abdel Nabil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Lincoln Village FC's zone, Abdel Karim Zitouni stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief came out of the goal and Abdel Karim Zitouni tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nasreddine Yahi in the 16th minute of play forced Lincoln Village FC's goalkeeper Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mourad Bahari went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Metz's Rachid Chebal got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 29th minute, Mohamed Hanister ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 40 minutes into the match, Abdel Karim Zitouni had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief. Lincoln Village FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abdel Karim Zitouni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rachid Chebal in the 49th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mohamed Hanister to make the kick off. In the 56th minute of the match, Mohamed Hanister got a very nice opportunity to score, but Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Mohamed Hanister sent off a good shot on target. Abdel Karim Zitouni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Fathi Kermali hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abderrachid Iles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abd al-Asis Kouri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Mohamed Hanister sent off a good shot on target. After 71 played minutes Lincoln Village FC got a freekick which was hit by Abd al-Asis Souakri. Abd al-Asis Kouri scored 1-3 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abderrachid Iles, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mohamed Hanister came free with the goalkeeper in the 84th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief could save by the left post. Abd al-Asis Souakri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdel Karim Zitouni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 89 minutes into the game, Nasreddine Yahi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Abdelkader Saïdi-Sief. Nasreddine Yahi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. After 93 played minutes Metz got a freekick which was hit by Abdel Nabil. The Lincoln Village FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Metz were clearly better and deserved to take the win.