League

Mandan
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Amine Bouteflika started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Djamel Mezair recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 5th minute Maamar Sofiane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Larbi Fanon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Amine Bouteflika charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Amine Bouteflika the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Larbi Fanon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maamar Sofiane, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. A collision led to Mandan getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Mohamed Soltani hit a great ball. anthrax's Karim Bruel suffered a sore knee after 16 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Amine Bouteflika was shown his second yellow card after 16 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Mandan getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Amine Bouteflika hit a great ball. Maamar Sofiane took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Larbi Fanon. Larbi Fanon dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Maamar Sofiane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Larbi Fanon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maamar Sofiane went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. After 37 played minutes Mandan got a freekick which was hit by Ismaïl Cixous. Maamar Sofiane might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Larbi Fanon. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Maamar Sofiane ran back to his position shaking his head. Larbi Fanon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maamar Sofiane's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Mandan's Larbi Fanon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maamar Sofiane in the 45th minute of play. In the 46th minute Belaid Sofiane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Larbi Fanon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Maamar Sofiane made a kick off. Larbi Fanon was out of position in the 52 minute of play, and Maamar Sofiane capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Maamar Sofiane really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Maamar Sofiane succeeded in the game's 56th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-6. When Mandan's Souad Sadaoui in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye anthrax's goalie prevented a goal. Larbi Fanon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maamar Sofiane, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as anthrax's Belaid Sofiane slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Larbi Fanon. That made the score 0-7 after 65 minutes of play. Maamar Sofiane struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Larbi Fanon didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for anthrax. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 77th minute of the game. One of Mandan:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of anthrax:s goal. The audience was convinced that Maamar Sofiane's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Larbi Fanon was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. In the 85th minute, Souad Sadaoui hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.