League

Southend Park
Spectators: 6744 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 0) Lyes Abdelkrim started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Barkingside United's goalkeeper Hachemi Aribi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fayçal Larfaoui. Southend's Souad Arrache played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gebril Benmabrouk in the 7th minute of play. In the 10th minute of the match Abderrazek Bougherra sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Souad Arrache skillfully saved the ball. After some careless play in the Barkingside United defense, Fayçal Larfaoui kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hachemi Aribi. The Barkingside United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hachemi Aribi should have stopped the shot. In the 15th minute, Lamine Zaghidour left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Barkingside United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 19th minute Kateb Zeghdoud shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Souad Arrache saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Gebril Benmabrouk came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Barkingside United 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 Gebril Benmabrouk couldn't finish the play. Souad Arrache stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kateb Zeghdoud's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gebril Benmabrouk in the 33rd minute of play forced Southend's goalkeeper Souad Arrache to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rabah Hanin kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Gebril Benmabrouk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Souad Arrache was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. In the 42nd minute, Kateb Zeghdoud 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. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kateb Zeghdoud to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute of the match Benamar Maghili sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hachemi Aribi skillfully saved the ball. When Farès Benguesmia fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Barkingside United's protests and gave Farès Benguesmia a yellow card for diving instead. In the 57th minute, Farès Benguesmia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Amri Cherif hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Abderrazek Bougherra, 76 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Fayçal Larfaoui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Hachemi Aribi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gebril Benmabrouk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Souad Arrache tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fayçal Larfaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hachemi Aribi having to interfere. Fayçal Larfaoui recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fayçal Larfaoui recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.