League

Hereford Stadium
Spectators: 6710 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1710, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mohamed Kerkar started the match with the kick off. Ali Gaouaoui made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abderrahmane Boulebda in the 11th minute. Ahmed Chaib kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Smail Ghazi kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Mohamed Sadmi, 15 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fathi Souakri during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Hereford's Fathi Souakri got a free kick in the 16th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Mohamed Kerkar notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Hereford's Salim Fergani. Salim Fergani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noureddine Temmam in the 21st minute of play forced Kingsbury's goalkeeper Ali Gaouaoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tedj Kerkar hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. In the 30th match minute, Hereford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fathi Souakri to maneuver through the defense. If Mohamed Kerkar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Noureddine Temmam came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Hereford 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 Noureddine Temmam couldn't finish the play. Salim Fergani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohamed Kerkar, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Smail Ghazi in the 50th minute of play forced Kingsbury's goalkeeper Ali Gaouaoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Noureddine Temmam was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Noureddine Temmam put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ali Gaouaoui. Mohamed Kerkar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Salim Fergani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohamed Kerkar in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th minute Ahmed Chaib shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Gaouaoui saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Abderrahmane Boulebda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Gaouaoui was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Ali Gaouaoui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abderrahmane Boulebda in the 69th minute of the match. If Charles Aït Salem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Hereford's Ahmed Chaib got a free kick in the 74th minute. After a rather tough play, Hereford's Smail Ghazi got a free kick in the 77th minute. Hereford's Salim Fergani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Hereford from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mohamed Kerkar in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Salim Fergani saved Hereford from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abderrahmane Boulebda in the 82nd minute of play forced Kingsbury's goalkeeper Ali Gaouaoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Charles Aït Salem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hereford's Fathi Souakri got his second yellow card of the match in the 94th minute. The referee ordered Fathi Souakri off the ground. Charles Aït Salem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Hereford's zone, Mohamed Kerkar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Salim Fergani came out of the goal and Mohamed Kerkar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kingsbury's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.