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Waupaca Stadium
Spectators: 6707 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1707, VIP seats: 0) Jean-Michel Meskine started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in Waupaca FC's zone, Abdellah Harkouk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nordine Mehenni came out of the goal and Abdellah Harkouk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nordine Mehenni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Said Merbah, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After having played for 13 minutes, Jean-Michel Meskine managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Waupaca FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jean-Michel Meskine was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji made an important save on a dangerous shot by El Makkeb in the 14th minute. Nordine Mehenni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdellah Harkouk in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Hocine Mimoun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 21 played minutes, Belvedere's Chih Benaouf shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nordine Mehenni came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Belvedere reached it. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Jean-Michel Meskine managed to get in a good position for a shot. Waupaca FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jean-Michel Meskine was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 27th minute, Jean-Michel Meskine made a precise shot to the right of Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji. Belvedere's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. A collision led to Waupaca FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Mohamed Zarabi hit a great ball. Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean-Michel Meskine, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. The audience was convinced that Abdellah Harkouk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nordine Mehenni was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Abdellah Harkouk's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nordine Mehenni read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. With a little luck, Belvedere's Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji got control of the ball when El Makkeb tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abdellah Harkouk to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdellah Harkouk in the 51st minute of play forced Waupaca FC's goalkeeper Nordine Mehenni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nordine Mehenni made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Said Merbah sent off a good shot on target. Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from El Makkeb went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 62 minutes into the match, Belvedere's goal looked a bit too open when Jean-Michel Meskine came free, but Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belvedere's Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by El Makkeb in the 64th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Belvedere's Abdellah Harkouk sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nordine Mehenni narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Jean-Michel Meskine had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Makkeb took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji. Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. El Makkeb fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Cohen-Tannoudji having to interfere. 82 minutes into the game, Sofiane Beloufa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Belvedere's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Waupaca FC the free kick. A collision led to Waupaca FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Samir Zerguelaine hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Abdellah Harkouk took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Nordine Mehenni to make any attempt to save it. Waupaca FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.