League

Old Clipstone Stadiu
Spectators: 6760 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zaïm Mammeri got the match started through his kick off. Yahia Cixous came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Streatham's Hameur Douibi. But to his dismay, Hameur Douibi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Djelloul Salhi was a little too slow when Nourredine Achiu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 12th minute. The score was now 1-1. 17 minutes into the match, Streatham's goalkeeper Djelloul Salhi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Massoud Djaghloul. Abdelatif Hansali's late challenge caught a Old Clipstone's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdelatif Hansali helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Old Clipstone booed when Streatham was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdelatif Hansali didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abdelhakim Benhelal's late challenge caught a Streatham's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdelhakim Benhelal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th match minute, Old Clipstone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelhakim Benhelal to maneuver through the defense. Hameur Douibi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Yahia Cixous tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Old Clipstone's zone, Khalida Kosbi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yahia Cixous came out of the goal and Khalida Kosbi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 30th minute Khalida Kosbi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yahia Cixous saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nourredine Achiu charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nourredine Achiu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The Streatham fans' excitement grew in the 33rd match minute when Streatham's Khalida Kosbi looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Massoud Djaghloul sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Streatham's Khalida Kosbi got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Yahia Cixous took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hameur Douibi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Azhar Abdessalam was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 47 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Old Clipstone fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 47th minute. Penalty! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Hameur Douibi made the kick off in the second half. Djelloul Salhi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Massoud Djaghloul in the 56th minute of play. Khalida Kosbi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Yahia Cixous tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Massoud Djaghloul sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Farid Hadfi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Streatham's zone, Massoud Djaghloul stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Djelloul Salhi came out of the goal and Massoud Djaghloul tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Hameur Douibi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. It was beautiful to see Streatham's Daniel Bella in action when he in the 80th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Yahia Cixous showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hameur Douibi, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Farid Hadfi charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Farid Hadfi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hameur Douibi in the 90th minute of play forced Old Clipstone's goalkeeper Yahia Cixous to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khalida Kosbi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yahia Cixous having to interfere. Streatham's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.