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Cottage Grove
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Severino Alagoano started the match with the kick off. Abdel Karim Lamine stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mansour Douibi's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Severino Alagoano scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abdel Karim Lamine, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 11th minute, Severino Alagoano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Merchantville FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. If Severino Alagoano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 22 minutes, Khair ad-Din Temmam mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cottage Grove and the Merchantville FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Cottage Grove getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Khair ad-Din Temmam hit a great ball. If Mansour Douibi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 26 minutes into the match, Merchantville FC's Severino Alagoano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Abdel Karim Lamine narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mansour Douibi in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abdel Karim Lamine prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Severino Alagoano in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abdel Karim Lamine prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Severino Alagoano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 33 minutes of play, Merchantville FC's Mansour Douibi made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdel Karim Lamine was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abdel Karim Lamine stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mansour Douibi's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. In the 47th minute Mansour Douibi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdel Karim Lamine saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Khair ad-Din Temmam to strike the kick off in the second half. Merchantville FC's Hakim Benmabrouk got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Merchantville FC booed when Cottage Grove was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Khair ad-Din Temmam didn't get a good kick on the ball. Severino Alagoano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Severino Alagoano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Abdel Karim Lamine read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cottage Grove's goalkeeper Abdel Karim Lamine, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Severino Alagoano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdel Karim Lamine having to interfere. Abdel Karim Lamine took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mansour Douibi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Severino Alagoano in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abdel Karim Lamine saved Cottage Grove from getting behind. In the 75th minute, Severino Alagoano fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Severino Alagoano received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Abdel Karim Lamine came out and tried to block the shot, but Severino Alagoano slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 77th minute. Mansour Douibi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Abdel Karim Lamine skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Cottage Grove's Abdel Karim Lamine played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Severino Alagoano in the 82nd minute of play. Assia Kraouche struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Abdel Karim Lamine didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Merchantville FC. 92 minutes into the match, Cottage Grove's goal looked a bit too open when Severino Alagoano came free, but Abdel Karim Lamine reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Krim Kader received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Ricardo Berna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over Merchantville FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cottage Grove throughout the match.