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Poppy Land
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mourad Mansouri made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mourad Taha in the 4th minute of play forced Andijon's goalkeeper Rabah Timsit to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rabah Timsit made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mehdi Bezzaz in the 6th minute. If Mourad Mansouri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohamed Matoub sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nadir Daham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kassel Bougherra, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Khalida Belloumi took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Rabah Timsit to make any attempt to save it. A collision led to Andijon getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Abderrachid Hamid Brahima hit a great ball. Andijon's Rabah Timsit played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mourad Taha in the 24th minute of play. Andijon's Rabah Timsit proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Andijon from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd minute, Kassel Bougherra 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. Mourad Mansouri blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nadir Daham having to make a save. Through an outstanding action, after 40 minutes, Rabah Timsit successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Mehdi Bezzaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Rabah Timsit tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th minute, Hameur Mansouri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mourad Taha was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Kassel Bougherra dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nadir Daham, 2-1. Alain Halimi charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alain Halimi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alain Halimi hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Rabah Timsit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mourad Taha in the 57th minute of the match. Mehdi Bezzaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 63 minutes into the match, Kassel Bougherra notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Mancity's Nadir Daham. Nadir Daham was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rabah Timsit showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mehdi Bezzaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mourad Taha in the 71st minute of play forced Andijon's goalkeeper Rabah Timsit to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute of the match Abd al-Asis Mami shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rabah Timsit showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Mourad Taha's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rabah Timsit read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. Mourad Taha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rabah Timsit took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehdi Bezzaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes into the match, Mancity's Mehdi Bezzaz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rabah Timsit narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 82nd minute Khalida Belloumi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rabah Timsit saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Andijon getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Noureddine Toumi hit a great ball. Rabah Timsit took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mourad Taha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nadir Daham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yasmina Abdessalam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rabah Timsit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mourad Taha in the 91st minute of the match. After 93 played minutes Andijon got a freekick which was hit by Abderrachid Hamid Brahima. In the 94th minute Mourad Taha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rabah Timsit saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rabah Timsit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehdi Bezzaz in the 96th minute of the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.