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Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Zahid Meriem started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Cookham's Djillali Yenicheri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Jenaro in the 5th minute of play. After some careless play in the les verts defense, Zahid Meriem kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zézinho Guerra. The les verts fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zézinho Guerra should have stopped the shot. Tomás Jenaro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Djillali Yenicheri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zézinho Guerra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zahid Meriem in the 19th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Zahid Meriem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zézinho Guerra was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Lout Moussa 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. Zézinho Guerra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nabil Djenoui in the 30th minute of play. les verts's Zézinho Guerra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ghumer Cherrad in the 33rd minute of play. Hafid Hammad took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 35th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zézinho Guerra. les verts's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lout Moussa in the 37th minute of play forced Cookham's goalkeeper Djillali Yenicheri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lout Moussa was the one to do the kick off. 60 minutes into the game, les verts's Tomás Jenaro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Djillali Yenicheri made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 67thth minute of the game Lout Moussa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cookham's Djillali Yenicheri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Djillali Yenicheri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lout Moussa in the 76th minute of the match. Djillali Yenicheri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Valentin in the 78th minute of the match. Zézinho Guerra made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Ghumer Cherrad sent off a good shot on target. Zahid Meriem was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 81st minute. Cookham's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Jawad Ammouri's late challenge caught a Cookham's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jawad Ammouri helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute, Jawad Ammouri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ghumer Cherrad's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zézinho Guerra read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. Cookham's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.