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Santee
Spectators: 6712 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Khalida Dahleb took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Khalida Dahleb hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hamid Adjani in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rachid Ouadah prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santee FC's goalkeeper Rachid Ouadah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bendjedid Belkacem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahmoud Mesbah having to interfere. Mahmoud Mesbah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalida Dahleb in the 12th minute of play. If Hamid Adjani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sugar Land's Mouloud Boulmerka got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Hamid Adjani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rachid Ouadah was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamid Adjani in the 22nd minute of play forced Santee FC's goalkeeper Rachid Ouadah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Sugar Land getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Fathi Larbes hit a great ball. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sugar Land's goalkeeper Mahmoud Mesbah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mahmoud Mesbah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Khalida Dahleb's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Khalida Dahleb's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mahmoud Mesbah was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 32nd minute of the game, Fathi Larbes landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 32 played minutes Santee FC got a freekick which was hit by Said Zafour. Santee FC's Rachid Ouadah played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mouloud Boulmerka in the 35th minute of play. Said Zafour got his second yellow card in the match during the 35th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. If Hamid Adjani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hocine Metref sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute, Mouloud Boulmerka got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Hamid Adjani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sugar Land's supporters rose to their feet, but Hamid Adjani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rachid Ouadah breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Mouloud Boulmerka made the kick off in the second half. Hamid Adjani let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 52nd minute shot 0-2 at rihgt post. Khalida Dahleb received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Mahmoud Mesbah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Santee FC booed when Sugar Land was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hamid Adjani didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Santee FC booed when Sugar Land was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mouloud Boulmerka didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Farid Saïdi-Sief had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hamid Adjani in the 73rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rachid Ouadah, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Hamid Adjani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Rachid Ouadah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hamid Adjani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Ouadah having to interfere. Meziane Belfaa hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Farid Saïdi-Sief got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Sugar Land's Mouloud Boulmerka slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rachid Ouadah. That made the score 0-3 after 85 minutes of play. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Santee FC's goalkeeper Rachid Ouadah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Hamid Adjani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Ouadah having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Sugar Land's Hamid Adjani sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rachid Ouadah narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded Sugar Land left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Santee FC.