League

Marlow
Spectators: 6740 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 0) Zinedine Makkeb made the kick off and thus started the match. Ifthen Rezkallah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 12th minute, Rochdale City's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Djelloul Chedda fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After a rather tough play, Rochdale City's Azzedine Akrour got a free kick in the 13th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Marlow's Djelloul Chedda sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yanis Belmellat narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 22nd minute of the match Omar Mezghenna sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abderrahmane Bougherra skillfully saved the ball. Ahmis Guellil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ifthen Rezkallah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abderrahmane Bougherra having to interfere. Nasser Mezghich hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Fouad Lkbira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Marlow's supporters rose to their feet, but Fouad Lkbira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yanis Belmellat breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Marlow getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Lili Zidane hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute Ifthen Rezkallah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abderrahmane Bougherra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Marlow getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Rochdi Bedjaoui hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Ifthen Rezkallah managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rochdale City's supporters rose to their feet, but Ifthen Rezkallah was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abderrahmane Bougherra breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 39th minute, Ifthen Rezkallah 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. If Ifthen Rezkallah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ahmis Guellil stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Yanis Belmellat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Djelloul Chedda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 53 minutes into the match, Djelloul Chedda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yanis Belmellat. Rochdale City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Djelloul Chedda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Abderrahmane Bougherra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zinedine Makkeb in the 56th minute of the match. Djelloul Chedda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanis Belmellat having to interfere. After 64 played minutes, Marlow's Afdal Ammour shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Yanis Belmellat came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Marlow reached it. Abderrahmane Bougherra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zinedine Makkeb in the 68th minute of the match. If Zinedine Makkeb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Rochdale City's Lyes Souakri got a free kick in the 76th minute. If Ahmis Guellil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lyes Souakri during the 83rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 85 played minutes Rochdale City got a freekick which was hit by Ifthen Rezkallah. Yanis Belmellat stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Djelloul Chedda's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. Djelloul Chedda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanis Belmellat having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Rochdale City's zone, Djelloul Chedda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yanis Belmellat came out of the goal and Djelloul Chedda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marlow's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.