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Exmouth Park
Spectators: 6727 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hocine Mzali kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chahine Kouri in the 7th minute of play forced Christchurch's goalkeeper Islem Mohamed to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christchurch's Hocine Mzali got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hocine Mzali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fayçal Rezzoug having to interfere. If Hocine Mzali had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 18 minutes of play, Exmouth FC's Mamaar Boulebda made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Islem Mohamed was left in no man's land by his defense there! 23 minutes into the match, Exmouth FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hocine Mzali came free, but Fayçal Rezzoug reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bendjedid Bilal took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fayçal Rezzoug. Fayçal Rezzoug dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Hocine Mzali received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Fayçal Rezzoug tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 32 minutes of play, Christchurch's Hocine Mzali made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fayçal Rezzoug was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Mamaar Boulebda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With an all-out effort, Exmouth FC's Islem Mohamed threw himself towards the right post 45 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Chahine Kouri, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 49thth minute of the game Chahine Kouri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Christchurch's Islem Mohamed was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Chahine Kouri to strike the kick off in the second half. Chahine Kouri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 62 minutes into the match, Exmouth FC's goal looked a bit too open when Billel Racim came free, but Fayçal Rezzoug reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fayçal Rezzoug made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hocine Mzali in the 65th minute of play. Hocine Mzali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fayçal Rezzoug having to interfere. Said Yahia hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After 82 minutes, Mohamed Saboundji mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Christchurch and the Exmouth FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 82nd minute, Mohamed Saboundji hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th match minute, Christchurch was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Billel Racim to maneuver through the defense. Christchurch's Islem Mohamed played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mamaar Boulebda in the 86th minute of play. Billel Racim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mamaar Boulebda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Islem Mohamed having to interfere. Islem Mohamed came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Exmouth FC's Chahine Kouri. But to his dismay, Chahine Kouri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. Christchurch were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.