League

Hickling Park
Spectators: 6761 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 0) After having played for 3 minutes, Reda El Hadi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nunthorpe's supporters crossed their fingers, but Reda El Hadi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 4th minute, Arsalane Bey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zaaf in the 7th minute of play forced Hickling's goalkeeper Akatelaji Abdelkrim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rachid Ammour sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Zaaf blasted a shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Akatelaji Abdelkrim having to make a save. Rachid Ammour was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 25th minute. Hickling's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Houd Kraouche spun around in front of the goal 25 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Nunthorpe's goal. Houd Kraouche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohammed Bouzid having to interfere. Akatelaji Abdelkrim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zaaf in the 33rd minute of the match. Akatelaji Abdelkrim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reda El Hadi in the 36th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the game, Rachid Ammour recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mohammed Bouzid. Rachid Ammour showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Mohammed Bouzid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rachid Ammour, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. After having played for 45 minutes, Houd Kraouche managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hickling's supporters crossed their fingers, but Houd Kraouche was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniel Zaaf was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Reda El Hadi 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. After having played for 59 minutes, Houd Kraouche managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hickling's supporters crossed their fingers, but Houd Kraouche was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 61st match minute, Hickling was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arsalane Bey to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Nunthorpe getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Redouane Djoudi hit a great ball. A collision led to Nunthorpe getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Redouane Djoudi hit a great ball. After 77 played minutes, Hickling's Abdelmalek Al-Jazairia shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mohammed Bouzid 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 Hickling reached it. If Reda El Hadi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Houd Kraouche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nunthorpe's Daniel Zaaf got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 88 minutes into the game, Rachid Ammour cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Mohammed Bouzid was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mohammed Bouzid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rachid Ammour in the 93rd minute of the match. Houd Kraouche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohammed Bouzid having to interfere. Hickling were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Nunthorpe for a fine match.