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Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mourad Taha got the match started through his kick off. Mohamed Benhamou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Nouredine Benmabrouk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to FC The Vikings getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Hakim Feraoun hit a great ball. In the 11th minute, Mehdi Bezzaz 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. A collision led to FC The Vikings getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Said Mammeri hit a great ball. 0-1 became the score in the 18th minute when Khalida Belloumi elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Nadir Daham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmed Zemmamouche, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nadir Daham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmed Zemmamouche, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mohamed Benhamou's late challenge caught a FC The Vikings's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohamed Benhamou helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of FC The Vikings booed when Mancity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mohamed Benhamou didn't get a good kick on the ball. 36 minutes into the game, Alain Halimi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mancity's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC The Vikings the free kick. In the 36th match minute, Mancity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alain Halimi to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ali Aziz got free with Nadir Daham in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ali Daham received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nadir Daham came out and tried to block the shot, but Ali Daham slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 44th minute. Ali Daham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ahmed Zemmamouche stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Mancity's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmed Zemmamouche came free, but Nadir Daham reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC The Vikings's Nouredine Benmabrouk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save FC The Vikings from getting a goal against them. In the 58th minute Mourad Taha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nouredine Benmabrouk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nouredine Benmabrouk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mourad Taha in the 59th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Mancity's zone, Ali Daham stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nadir Daham came out of the goal and Ali Daham tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 64th minute Ali Aziz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nadir Daham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mancity's Nadir Daham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmed Zemmamouche in the 70th minute of play. The supporters of FC The Vikings booed when Mancity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mourad Taha didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute Ali Daham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nadir Daham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Aziz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nouredine Benmabrouk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mehdi Bezzaz in the 83rd minute. With a little luck, FC The Vikings's Nouredine Benmabrouk got control of the ball when Chadli Yahia tried to sneak it across the goal line. FC The Vikings's Mouloud Ahmed was substituted for Yacine Halimi. FC The Vikings's Ali Aziz got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. For all the effort they put into the match, the Mancity players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FC The Vikings.