League

Pocatello
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yacine Soltani started the match with the kick off. Madhi Gallaire made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fateh Menguellet in the 5th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fateh Menguellet got free with Madhi Gallaire in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fateh Menguellet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hocine Cherfa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Madhi Gallaire having to interfere. Yacine Soltani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Pocatello AFC's Abd al-Asis Assad got a free kick in the 30th minute. Yacine Soltani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Mohamed Boumedienne tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Hocine Cherfa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hocine Cherfa to make the kick off. After 51 played minutes Pocatello AFC got a freekick which was hit by Hocine Cherfa. In the 55th match minute, Pocatello AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chadli Schoonmaker to maneuver through the defense. Kamel Toumi, 56 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. Madhi Gallaire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fateh Menguellet in the 59th minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Faouzi Yahia sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Macedonia AFC's Madhi Gallaire didn't even have to move. Mohamed Boumedienne made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abd al-Asis Zaaboub in the 65th minute. When Mohamed Labi fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pocatello AFC's protests and gave Mohamed Labi a yellow card for diving instead. Madhi Gallaire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hocine Cherfa in the 73rd minute of the match. Yacine Soltani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Boumedienne having to interfere. In the 81st minute Fateh Menguellet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Madhi Gallaire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Macedonia AFC's Yacine Soltani got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Pocatello AFC getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Faouzi Yahia hit a great ball. Madhi Gallaire showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fateh Menguellet, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. 95 minutes into the match, Macedonia AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Hocine Cherfa came free, but Madhi Gallaire reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.