League

Coal Valley Stadium
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Beniamin Fleszar kicked off to start the match. Ali Larfaoui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk in the 2nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the THE OLD BOYS defense, Beniamin Fleszar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hamid Morceli. The THE OLD BOYS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hamid Morceli should have stopped the shot. Mehdi Larfaoui could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Hamid Morceli made a huge save. In the 9th minute, Houari Rimitti left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The THE OLD BOYS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 13 minutes into the match, DOCA's goal looked a bit too open when Houari Rimitti came free, but Ali Larfaoui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of THE OLD BOYS booed when DOCA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mikko Uusipaavalniemi didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beniamin Fleszar in the 17th minute of play forced THE OLD BOYS's goalkeeper Hamid Morceli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th match minute, DOCA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grigore Condrea to maneuver through the defense. Hamid Morceli made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Mehdi Larfaoui sent off a good shot on target. Hamid Morceli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ke Song Xing in the 26th minute of play. Hamid Morceli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ke Song Xing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ke Song Xing might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hamid Morceli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ke Song Xing ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to THE OLD BOYS getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Rabah Timsit hit a great ball. Hamid Morceli made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Mehdi Larfaoui sent off a good shot on target. Ali Larfaoui showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. THE OLD BOYS's Hamid Morceli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save THE OLD BOYS from getting a goal against them. After 42 minutes THE OLD BOYS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Grigore Condrea who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Grigore Condrea got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hamid Morceli quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mikko Uusipaavalniemi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 46thth minute, Hamid Morceli skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hamid Morceli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beniamin Fleszar, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The wind increased when Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk made the kick off in the second half. THE OLD BOYS's Hamid Morceli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beniamin Fleszar in the 54th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Beniamin Fleszar managed to get in a good position for a shot. DOCA's supporters rose to their feet, but Beniamin Fleszar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hamid Morceli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Beniamin Fleszar came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the DOCA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Beniamin Fleszar couldn't finish the play. Diogo Travassos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hamid Morceli read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. DOCA were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after THE OLD BOYS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Grigore Condrea took the corner. Mikko Uusipaavalniemi made a great header on DOCA's corner, it was just that THE OLD BOYS's Hamid Morceli managed to reach the ball for a save. THE OLD BOYS's Hamid Morceli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beniamin Fleszar in the 71st minute of play. After 72 played minutes THE OLD BOYS got a freekick which was hit by Abdelkader Merbah. DOCA's Mokdad Larbes was substituted for Güney Akoğlu. After 74 played minutes THE OLD BOYS got a freekick which was hit by Abdelkader Merbah. In the 76th minute, Fathi Ben Khalidi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Larfaoui was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Mehdi Larfaoui might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hamid Morceli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mehdi Larfaoui ran back to his position shaking his head. Hamid Morceli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehdi Larfaoui, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. DOCA were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after THE OLD BOYS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Grigore Condrea took the corner. After a rather tough play, DOCA's Diogo Travassos got a free kick in the 84th minute. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Rabah Timsit took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Ali Larfaoui to make any attempt to save it. Hamid Morceli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ke Song Xing in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute Ke Song Xing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hamid Morceli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. DOCA's Ali Larfaoui proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save DOCA from getting a goal against them. The DOCA supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching THE OLD BOYS's performance. The match ended with a win for THE OLD BOYS.