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Kilburn, Westbourne
Spectators: 6737 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nabil Abbas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Kateb Hadji's late challenge caught a Shireoaks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kateb Hadji helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th match minute, Kilburn, Westbourne Park was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kateb Hadji to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Shireoaks's Ayoub Benzaghou tried to score from far away in the 5th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Youssef Kouri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Achour Larfaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute of the match Ayoub Benzaghou shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Achour Larfaoui showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 15th minute, Shireoaks's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nabil Abbas fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The audience was convinced that Nabil Abbas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maamar Danedji was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. In the 27th minute, Nabil Abbas 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 referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abdel Lammari during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Shireoaks getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Abdel Lammari hit a great ball. Nabil Abbas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Maamar Danedji tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maamar Danedji took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nabil Abbas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute, Walid Dennane ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Achour Larfaoui was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Kilburn, Westbourne Park's Alsan Ali got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Nabil Abbas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Walid Dennane to make the kick off. Achour Larfaoui didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 53rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-2. The supporters of Kilburn, Westbourne Park booed when Shireoaks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdel Lammari didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Kilburn, Westbourne Park's Aydril Damardji tried to score from far away in the 58th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. A collision led to Kilburn, Westbourne Park getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Noureddine Lelouch hit a great ball. 61 minutes into the match, Kilburn, Westbourne Park's goal looked a bit too open when Ayoub Benzaghou came free, but Achour Larfaoui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Achour Larfaoui stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Walid Dennane's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. The supporters of Kilburn, Westbourne Park booed when Shireoaks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dylan Belghith didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Nabil Abbas came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Kilburn, Westbourne Park 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 Nabil Abbas couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Shireoaks getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Walid Dennane hit a great ball. A collision led to Shireoaks getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Youssef Kouri hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Shireoaks's Akar Djahnine got a free kick in the 78th minute. The audience was convinced that Nabil Abbas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maamar Danedji was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Shireoaks had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.