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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Salah Nagy started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salah Nagy in the 3rd minute of play forced Bigam's goalkeeper Gaser Mido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mounir El-Shater took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hanafy Abdel Masoud, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Kocaelispor's Gaser Mido threw himself towards the right post 7 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Salah Nagy, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Kocaelispor's Mounir El-Shater played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akram El-Saeed in the 15th minute of play. Mounir El-Shater made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akram El-Saeed in the 16th minute of play. The supporters of Kocaelispor booed when Bigam was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Batran Nayef didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31st minute, Salah Nagy fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After some careless play in the Kocaelispor defense, Akram El-Saeed kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mounir El-Shater. The Kocaelispor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mounir El-Shater should have stopped the shot. In the 39th minute, Fareed Hosny left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kocaelispor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. After having played for 42 minutes, Aebeed Taher managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bigam's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aebeed Taher was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Bigam booed when Kocaelispor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Taimour Thabit didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mounir El-Shater made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akram El-Saeed in the 44th minute of play. In the 45th minute, Salah Nagy 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. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

After a rather tough play, Kocaelispor's Gaafar Gaser got a free kick in the 50th minute. If Salah Nagy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 59 minutes into the match, Bigam's goal looked a bit too open when Fareed Hosny came free, but Gaser Mido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fareed Hosny scored 3-2 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gaser Mido, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 66th minute, Salah Nagy 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. Salah Nagy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Gaser Mido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Akram El-Saeed scored 3-3 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mounir El-Shater, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 77th minute Fareed Hosny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaser Mido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Bigam booed when Kocaelispor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salah Nagy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Salah Nagy stood ready after the free kick and tried to head the ball into the goal, but got pushed from behind by one of Bigam's defenders and the ball went out. Kocaelispor appealed in vain for a penalty, the referee looked over at the linesman, but the flag stayed down. No Penalty. A hard shot 83 in the game by Hanafy Abdel Masoud from a close distance when the talented Mounir El-Shater managed to make a qualified save. Kocaelispor's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hanafy Abdel Masoud got free with Mounir El-Shater in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kocaelispor's Mounir El-Shater played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akram El-Saeed in the 91st minute of play. In the 95th minute, Aino Ramez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.