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South Patrick Shores
Spectators: 6703 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Guillaume Laurent El-Kenz started the match with the kick off. Mansour Amri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kasdi Merah having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, South Patrick Shores's goal looked a bit too open when Said Bouteflika came free, but Kasdi Merah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdelkader Said got free with Nordine Aribi in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to South Patrick Shores getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Abdelkader Said hit a great ball. Cheb Benhamou hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Guillaume Laurent El-Kenz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nordine Aribi having to interfere. In the 24th match minute, New Ulm was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Boniche to maneuver through the defense. Abdelaziz Khadra was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 24th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Guillaume Laurent El-Kenz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nordine Aribi. That made the score 1-0 in the 33 minute of play. If Abdelkader Said had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nordine Aribi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillaume Laurent El-Kenz in the 41st minute of play. Guillaume Laurent El-Kenz kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Mansour Amri made the kick off in the second half. Nordine Aribi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmed Fergani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 52 minutes into the match, New Ulm's goal looked a bit too open when Guillaume Laurent El-Kenz came free, but Nordine Aribi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to South Patrick Shores getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Fadel Benmabrouk hit a great ball. A collision led to South Patrick Shores getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Slimane Benmabrouk hit a great ball. Said Bouteflikas short, quick shot in the 63rdth minute got Kasdi Merah to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 66th minute, Jussef Bezzaz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Abdelkader Said's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nordine Aribi was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Said Bouteflika received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Kasdi Merah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ahmed Fergani during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. South Patrick Shores's Kasdi Merah proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save South Patrick Shores from getting a goal against them. Nordine Aribi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdelkader Said, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Said Bouteflika received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Kasdi Merah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Said Bouteflika got free with Kasdi Merah in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fadel Benmabrouk's late challenge caught a New Ulm's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fadel Benmabrouk helped the player get up and apologised. Kasdi Merah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mansour Amri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, South Patrick Shores's Ahmed Fergani got a free kick in the 95th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.