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St Ives Park
Spectators: 6766 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Madin Sellami got the match started through his kick off. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 4th minute of the game. One of St Ives FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Notting Hill Gate:s goal. The referee gave Notting Hill Gate a penalty, 6 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Asmil Assad, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of St Ives FC's Saïf Medjoudj. 0-1. Ishak Benattia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Mohand Brahami had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Mahmoud Ouenjelli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saïf Medjoudj was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. 16 minutes into the match, St Ives FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mahmoud Ouenjelli came free, but Saïf Medjoudj reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mohand Brahami received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Haider Saïfi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the game, Bahasz Sakhri was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Notting Hill Gate's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave St Ives FC the free kick. In the 19th match minute, Notting Hill Gate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bahasz Sakhri to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute, Ali Kouici 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. St Ives FC's Ishak Benattia got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 26 played minutes St Ives FC's Mohand Brahami stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Haider Saïfi stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Notting Hill Gate of the goal. In the 27th minute Ali Kouici shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saïf Medjoudj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mohand Brahami struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Haider Saïfi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for St Ives FC. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ishak Benattia in the 34th minute of play forced Notting Hill Gate's goalkeeper Haider Saïfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Notting Hill Gate's Haider Saïfi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Notting Hill Gate from getting a goal against them. Saïf Medjoudj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Kouici in the 45th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Mahmoud Ouenjelli made the kick off in the second half. Mohand Brahami received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Haider Saïfi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute Mahmoud Ouenjelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saïf Medjoudj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Kouici in the 58thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Saïf Medjoudj, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Notting Hill Gate's Ali Kouici got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bouzid Madani hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. With his leg Saïf Medjoudj managed to avoid a goal in the 77thth minute, when Notting Hill Gate's Ali Kouici fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in Notting Hill Gate's zone, Ishak Benattia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Haider Saïfi came out of the goal and Ishak Benattia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Mohand Brahami managed to get in a good position for a shot. St Ives FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Mohand Brahami was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Haider Saïfi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mohand Brahami fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haider Saïfi having to interfere. If Ishak Benattia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohand Brahami struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Haider Saïfi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for St Ives FC.