League

Keyworth
Spectators: 6758 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 0) After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Anouar Kosbi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Waterfoot City's supporters rose to their feet, but Anouar Kosbi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abdelmadjid Bouzid breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 10thth minute of the game Aziz Fergani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Waterfoot City's Ahmed Belbey was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ajdir Aziz charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ajdir Aziz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Keyworth's Ajdir Aziz got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 17 minutes Waterfoot City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hilal Djaghloul who took care of the corner kick. Keyworth's Hilal Djaghloul was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ahmed Belbey in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Ajdir Aziz kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Anouar Kosbi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Abdelmadjid Bouzid tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Keyworth getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Issan Bensari hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Anouar Kosbi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abdelmadjid Bouzid was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. A collision led to Keyworth getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Abderrazek Ramdani hit a great ball. Ahmed Belbey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Toufik Bouteflika went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Abdelmadjid Bouzid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yacoub Benarbia in the 41st minute of the match. Keyworth's Abdelmadjid Bouzid played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yacoub Benarbia in the 46th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

In the 53rd minute Keyworth were awarded a corner. Hilal Djaghloul went to the cornerflag to take it. Hilal Djaghloul made a great header on Keyworth's corner, it was just that Waterfoot City's Ahmed Belbey managed to reach the ball for a save. Djamel Souakri made a great header on Waterfoot City's corner, it was just that Keyworth's Abdelmadjid Bouzid managed to reach the ball for a save. Abdelmadjid Bouzid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anouar Kosbi in the 65th minute of play. Yacoub Benarbia's late challenge caught a Keyworth's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yacoub Benarbia helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th match minute, Waterfoot City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yacoub Benarbia to maneuver through the defense. When Toufik Bouteflika came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Keyworth 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 Toufik Bouteflika couldn't finish the play. 77 minutes into the game, Keyworth's Toufik Bouteflika nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmed Belbey made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. In the 80th minute, one of Waterfoot City: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 Waterfoot City. Hilal Djaghloul shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 83rd match minute, Waterfoot City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fayçal Bentifour to maneuver through the defense. If Haroun Meknassa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Keyworth getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Issan Bensari hit a great ball. 92 minutes into the match, Waterfoot City's Anouar Kosbi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdelmadjid Bouzid narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Yacoub Benarbia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yacoub Benarbia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the Waterfoot City players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Keyworth.