League

Central London
Spectators: 6743 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Slimane Abdiche made the kick off which started today's match. Ghalib Bessou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Karim Drid managed to get in a good position for a shot. Widnes's supporters rose to their feet, but Karim Drid was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mehdi Reddad breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Boussad Sami during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 15th minute, Boussad Sami hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karim Drid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Mehdi Reddad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hilal Yahlali sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Central London's Abdelnasser Aïn Madhi got a free kick in the 24th minute. Central London's Mehdi Reddad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karim Drid in the 27th minute of play. Ghalib Bessou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Widnes's Tarik Boulebda got a free kick in the 35th minute. Widnes's Akim Danedji played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Slimane Abdiche in the 44th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karim Drid to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Karim Drid shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehdi Reddad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mehdi Reddad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karim Drid in the 56th minute of the match. A collision led to Central London getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Abdelnasser Aïn Madhi hit a great ball. In the 60th minute of the match Salih Zouba sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mehdi Reddad skillfully saved the ball. 61 minutes into the game, one of Central London:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Karim Drid fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mehdi Reddad having to interfere. Karim Drid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Mehdi Reddad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 76 minutes, Ketta Hansali mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Central London and the Widnes players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ketta Hansali hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Karim Drid fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mehdi Reddad having to interfere. After 81 minutes, Ghalib Bessou made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Central London's Mehdi Reddad tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Central London's Mehdi Reddad got control of the ball when Ghalib Bessou tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Central London supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Widnes's performance. The match ended with a win for Widnes.