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Macedonia Stadium
Spectators: 6698 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1698, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cheb Sofiane got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Scottsboro AFC's Nourredine Khaldi got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Noureddine Bencherif fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Madhi Gallaire having to interfere. Mohamed Hamid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yacine Soltani in the 11th minute of play. In the 12thth minute of the game Yacine Soltani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Scottsboro AFC's Mohamed Hamid was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 17th minute, Noureddine Bencherif made a precise shot to the right of Madhi Gallaire. Macedonia AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Scottsboro AFC's Mohamed Hamid proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Scottsboro AFC from getting a goal against them. Fawzi Boulebda hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute, Said Djura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Macedonia AFC's Kamel Toumi tried to score from far away in the 33rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Cheb Sofiane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Madhi Gallaire having to interfere. Macedonia AFC's Yacine Soltani got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abd al-Asis Zaaboub's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mohamed Hamid read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Yacine Soltani to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Yacine Soltani left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Macedonia AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Madhi Gallaire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheb Sofiane in the 60th minute of play. Yacine Soltani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Hamid having to interfere. Noureddine Bencherif recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Macedonia AFC fans' excitement grew in the 74th match minute when Macedonia AFC's Abd al-Asis Zaaboub looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When Abd al-Asis Zaaboub came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Macedonia AFC 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 Abd al-Asis Zaaboub couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Scottsboro AFC's Fawzi Boulebda got a free kick in the 79th minute. If Cheb Sofiane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute Cheb Sofiane 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. Smail Mezair kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Cheb Sofiane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Noureddine Bencherif had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.