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Match Report
Holmer Green
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Yacoub Sellami kicked off to start the match. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Halim Sebihi sped through Holmer Green's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Khaled Mezghich. The audience was convinced that Nouredine El Kettani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Khaled Mezghich was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Holmer Green's Khaled Mezghich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nouredine El Kettani in the 18th minute of play. Nouredine El Kettani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Halim Sebihi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Khaled Mezghich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abdellah Sadi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Mohan Hammani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Holmer Green's Abdellah Sadi got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 44th minute, Bakdid Bouteflika hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45th minute Lunis Hadjadj shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohan Hammani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Holmer Green's Yacoub Sellami sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mohan Hammani narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Rochdale FC booed when Holmer Green was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yacoub Sellami didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nouredine El Kettani to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Okacha Metref shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khaled Mezghich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Halim Sebihi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khaled Mezghich having to interfere. Khaled Mezghich came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Rochdale FC's Okacha Metref. But to his dismay, Okacha Metref quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 67 minutes into the match, Holmer Green's goal looked a bit too open when Nouredine El Kettani came free, but Khaled Mezghich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Holmer Green's Ikhlas Tellidji got a free kick in the 68th minute. If Nouredine El Kettani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Abdellah Sadi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohan Hammani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdellah Sadi, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. If Kader Saci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 88th minute, Rochdale FC's Mohan Bahmane seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Mohan Bahmane the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Rochdale FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Mohan Bahmane had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 87th minute, one of Rochdale FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Rochdale FC. The referee gave Holmer Green a penalty, 90 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Lunis Hadjadj, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Rochdale FC's Mohan Hammani. 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.
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