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St. Bernard Park
Spectators: 5001 (Terracing: 4001, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cheb Zaoui made the kick off which started today's match. Salim Chaib took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rachid Zidān. Rachid Zidān dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cheb Zaoui in the 7th minute of play forced Lincoln Villsage's goalkeeper Boubekeur Fergani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th match minute, Lincoln Villsage was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fergani Nabil to maneuver through the defense. Cheb Zaoui took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Boubekeur Fergani. Boubekeur Fergani 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. Boudjemaa Fari struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Boubekeur Fergani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for St. Bernard. Mimoun Ouid Malek's late challenge caught a St. Bernard's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mimoun Ouid Malek helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Lincoln Villsage's Mimoun Ouid Malek got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Boubekeur Fergani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khair ad-Din Khabatou, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Khair ad-Din Khabatou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rachid Zidān made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kassel Yahia in the 27th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 28 minutes into the game, when Tedj Zidane put in a rough tackle. In the 29th match minute, St. Bernard was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tedj Zidane to maneuver through the defense. After 33 played minutes St. Bernard got a freekick which was hit by Rachid Malek. Rachid Zidān made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salim Chaib in the 34th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, St. Bernard's goal looked a bit too open when Salim Chaib came free, but Rachid Zidān reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Khair ad-Din Khabatou came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the St. Bernard 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 Khair ad-Din Khabatou couldn't finish the play. Kassel Yahia's late challenge caught a St. Bernard's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kassel Yahia helped the player get up and apologised. In the 39th minute, Kassel Yahia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rachid Zidān took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Salim Chaib, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Salim Chaib made the kick off in the second half. Rachid Zidān made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmed Amsallem in the 53rd minute of play. If Khair ad-Din Khabatou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 57th minute, Abelardo Eron hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kamel Achiu might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Boubekeur Fergani. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kamel Achiu ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the Lincoln Villsage defense, Khair ad-Din Khabatou kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Boubekeur Fergani. The Lincoln Villsage fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Boubekeur Fergani should have stopped the shot. Hocine Djura sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kassel Yahia got his second yellow card in the match during the 69th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 70th minute, Kassel Yahia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Boubekeur Fergani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Khair ad-Din Khabatou went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Mimoun Ouid Malek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Rachid Zidān made a huge save. If Khair ad-Din Khabatou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Boubekeur Fergani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Khair ad-Din Khabatou went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. When Boudjemaa Fari came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the St. Bernard 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 Boudjemaa Fari couldn't finish the play. After 92 minutes, Salim Chaib mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lincoln Villsage and the St. Bernard players grew even worse after the yellow card.