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Buckhannon Stadium
Spectators: 6704 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1704, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abd el Bridji made the kick off which started today's match. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Salim Zidane put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jussef Kermali. In the 9th of the match, Abd el Bridji tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Mohammad Nima got in the way and made a wonderful save. After 15 played minutes Buckhannon got a freekick which was hit by Abd al-Aziz Chaib. Ben Larbi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jussef Kermali having to interfere. Mohammad Nima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abd el Bridji in the 22nd minute of the match. If Belmadi Saci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 34th minute of the game. One of Rocket F.C:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Buckhannon:s goal. Mohammad Nima went to the wrong direction when Abd al-Aziz Chaib was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. In the 38th minute Abd el Bridji shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammad Nima saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mohamed Kheyari hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Buckhannon's Belmadi Saci got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Salim Zidane 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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ben Larbi was the one to do the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fadhil Djebar during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 53 played minutes Rocket F.C got a freekick which was hit by Fadhil Djebar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Belmadi Saci in the 54th minute of play forced Rocket F.C's goalkeeper Mohammad Nima to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ben Larbi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Jussef Kermali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Farid Larfaoui hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Salim Zidane got free with Jussef Kermali in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Rocket F.C booed when Buckhannon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Farid Larfaoui didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Ben Larbi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jussef Kermali showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ben Larbi, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Jussef Kermali stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ben Larbi's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Fergani Bentaala's late challenge caught a Rocket F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fergani Bentaala helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Farid Larfaoui during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Buckhannon's Farid Larfaoui got a free kick in the 83rd minute. With his leg Jussef Kermali managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Rocket F.C's Salim Zidane fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 89th minute, Rocket F.C's Ben Larbi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. The audience was convinced that Ben Larbi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jussef Kermali was relentless in the 96th minute of the game.