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Reed City
Spectators: 6704 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1704, VIP seats: 0) Abdulhamid Haddadj started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mansour El-Kenz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Abdel Hamid Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmed Mansouri charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ahmed Mansouri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ahmed Mansouri kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the match, Abdulhamid Haddadj dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tayeb Sifi, 1-0. 16 minutes into the game, Altay's Mansour El-Kenz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abdel Hamid Benhamou made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. If Mansour El-Kenz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 21st minute Samir Abbas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdel Hamid Benhamou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mansour El-Kenz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Souad Ahmed's late challenge caught a Reed City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Souad Ahmed helped the player get up and apologised. In the 26th match minute, Altay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Souad Ahmed to maneuver through the defense. Tayeb Sifi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdulhamid Haddadj, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cherif Saci received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Tayeb Sifi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mansour El-Kenz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Abdel Hamid Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samir Abbas in the 34th minute of play forced Reed City's goalkeeper Abdel Hamid Benhamou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Cherif Saci had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tayeb Sifi. Altay's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cherif Saci was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Cherif Saci received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Tayeb Sifi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Reed City's Abdulhamid Haddadj dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. After a defensive mix-up in Altay's zone, Abdulhamid Haddadj stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tayeb Sifi came out of the goal and Abdulhamid Haddadj tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Samir Abbas made a kick off. The supporters of Altay booed when Reed City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boudjemaa Mansouri didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 63rd minute, Souad Ahmed hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Abdulhamid Haddadj came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Reed City 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 Abdulhamid Haddadj couldn't finish the play. Tayeb Sifi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abdulhamid Haddadj's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. In the 66th minute Samir Abbas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdel Hamid Benhamou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmed Bouzid kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Abdulhamid Haddadj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tayeb Sifi having to interfere. Cherif Saci sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cherif Saci 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. Mansour El-Kenz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 97 minutes, Mansour El-Kenz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Altay's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mansour El-Kenz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.