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Potters Bar
Spectators: 6747 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Razi Abdessalam got the match started through his kick off. If Fayçal Mammeri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Potters Bar's Lamine Benmabrouk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fayçal Mammeri in the 8th minute of play. Potters Bar's Razi Abdessalam got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mohand Benhelal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Razi Abdessalam in the 12th minute of play. 15 minutes in the game, Razi Abdessalam fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Mohand Benhelal having to interfere. Razi Abdessalam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Youssef Bouchemla got free with Mohand Benhelal in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Potters Bar defense, Fayçal Mammeri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lamine Benmabrouk. The Potters Bar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lamine Benmabrouk should have stopped the shot. In the 35th minute Razi Abdessalam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohand Benhelal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lamine Benmabrouk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beddis Messis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Fayçal Mammeri came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Porlock 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 Fayçal Mammeri couldn't finish the play. If Razi Abdessalam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Porlock's Mohand Benhelal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Porlock from getting a goal against them. The Potters Bar players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Porlock were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Fayçal Mammeri made the kick off in the second half. Adrir Tobbal hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the 54th minute of the match Bechir Messaoudi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lamine Benmabrouk showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Beddis Messis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59thth minute of the game Fayçal Mammeri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Potters Bar's Lamine Benmabrouk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Youssef Bouchemla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Razi Abdessalam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Mohand Benhelal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fayçal Mammeri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Lamine Benmabrouk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Potters Bar getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Younes Hadjadj hit a great ball. Beddis Messis took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lamine Benmabrouk. Lamine Benmabrouk dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Fayçal Mammeri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Lamine Benmabrouk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Beddis Messis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lamine Benmabrouk was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. In the 91st minute Razi Abdessalam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohand Benhelal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 94th minute by Fayçal Mammeri got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side.