League

King Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Cheb Hima didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abdel Mansouri went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The supporters of Curwensville booed when King was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Belaid Messaoud didn't get a good kick on the ball. Belaid Messaoud kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Cheb Hima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adlène Rimitti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fawzi Mezdad didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 22nd minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. Samir Mehenni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Cheb Hima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Curwensville booed when King was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mouloud Moll didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cheb Hima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samir Mehenni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 33 played minutes Curwensville got a freekick which was hit by Ahmed Zerara. Cheb Hima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samir Mehenni in the 35th minute of the match. Ahmed Zerara's late challenge caught a King's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ahmed Zerara helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th minute, Ahmed Zerara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in King's zone, Mourad Lacen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cheb Hima came out of the goal and Mourad Lacen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of King booed when Curwensville was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samir Mehenni didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 47th minute, Fouad Messaoud 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 the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Adlène Rimitti made the kick off in the second half. Ahmed Zerara was shown his second yellow card after 56 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. 61 minutes into the match, King's Fouad Messaoud sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fawzi Mezdad narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Samir Mehenni could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Cheb Hima made a huge save. Samir Mehenni who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 66thth minute tested the skills of Cheb Hima when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Farid Abdessalam kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Fouad Messaoud hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Cheb Hima made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Samir Mehenni sent off a good shot on target. 80 minutes into the game, Samir Matmour was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. King's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Curwensville the free kick. Samir Matmour hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Maamar Merah-Benida missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 81 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Cheb Hima right hand side. Cheb Hima didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Curwensville's Samir Mehenni shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After having played for 87 minutes, Fouad Messaoud managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. King's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fouad Messaoud was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Tayeb Djamel fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored King's protests and gave Tayeb Djamel a yellow card for diving instead. Tayeb Djamel kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Samir Mehenni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Cheb Hima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 92 minutes, Rafik Zéroual mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the King and the Curwensville players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Curwensville booed when King was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafik Zéroual didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Cheb Hima managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when Curwensville's Samir Mehenni fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Fouad Messaoud fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fawzi Mezdad having to interfere.