League

Brackenridge Stadium
Spectators: 6703 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 0) Brackenridge AFC's Abdellah Medjadi Meniri started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Mourad Cohen-Tannoudji managed to get in a good position for a shot. Santa Clara's supporters rose to their feet, but Mourad Cohen-Tannoudji was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cheikha Kafi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rachid Cherrad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Cheikha Kafi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rachid Cherrad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cheikha Kafi having to interfere. Rachid Cherrad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelhamid Gaouaoui's late challenge caught a Santa Clara's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdelhamid Gaouaoui helped the player get up and apologised. 24 minutes into the match, Santa Clara's Rachid Cherrad sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cheikha Kafi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 24th minute, Cheb Sakhri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chadli Moussa hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Edmond Azem came free with the goalkeeper in the 33rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Abdelhamid Benhamou could save by the left post. If Edmond Azem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edmond Azem's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 45thth minute, Abdelhamid Benhamou skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Abdellah Medjadi Meniri came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Brackenridge 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 Abdellah Medjadi Meniri couldn't finish the play. In the 48th match minute, Santa Clara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Belmadi Bilal to maneuver through the defense. Lounès Assad was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 49th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mourad Cohen-Tannoudji made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Brackenridge AFC's Rabah Mimoun got a free kick in the 56th minute. Cheikha Kafi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mourad Cohen-Tannoudji in the 57th minute of play. Abdellah Medjadi Meniri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rabah Megharia kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Abdelhamid Benhamou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdellah Medjadi Meniri, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Santa Clara's Rachid Cherrad got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rachid Cherrad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cheikha Kafi having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Rachid Cherrad 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. Mourad Cohen-Tannoudji received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Cheikha Kafi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rachid Cherrad could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Cheikha Kafi made a huge save. Brackenridge AFC's Cheikha Kafi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Brackenridge AFC from getting a goal against them. Rachid Cherrad could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Cheikha Kafi made a huge save. In the 94th minute, Rachid Cherrad 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. A collision led to Santa Clara getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Rabah El-Hadi hit a great ball. In the 97th minute of the match Lounès Assad shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abdelhamid Benhamou showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.