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Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 160) FC The Vikings's Ahmed Zemmamouche started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Abdelhamid Nima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Nouredine Benmabrouk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 7 minutes into the match, Anchorville's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmed Zemmamouche came free, but Kamel Boutabout reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 9 minutes, Ahmed Zemmamouche managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC The Vikings's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ahmed Zemmamouche was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Anchorville's Kamel Boutabout proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Anchorville from getting a goal against them. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Anchorville's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benamar Metref was slow to take the kick. During this time FC The Vikings's players had a chance to rest. The corner led FC The Vikings's Benamar Metref to fire away a dangerous shot which Kamel Boutabout despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 14th minute, Yacine Halimi fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Kamel Boutabout, passed just outside the right post. In the 22nd match minute, Anchorville was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tedj Zafour to maneuver through the defense. Kamel Boutabout made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ali Aziz in the 25th minute. After 30 minutes, Benamar Metref mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC The Vikings and the Anchorville players grew even worse after the yellow card. Benamar Metref hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Nadir Kerkar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 43rdth minute of the game Nadir Kerkar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC The Vikings's Nouredine Benmabrouk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nadir Kerkar to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Anchorville's Nadir Kerkar dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-1. In the 54th minute Ahmed Zemmamouche shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kamel Boutabout saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Aziz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kamel Boutabout having to interfere. Kamel Boutabout came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by FC The Vikings's Ali Aziz. But to his dismay, Ali Aziz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Kamel Boutabout made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmed Zemmamouche in the 64th minute of play. Tedj Zafour kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute Benamar Metref shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kamel Boutabout saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute, Ahmed Zemmamouche made a precise shot to the right of Kamel Boutabout. Anchorville's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Kamel Boutabout showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Daham, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Zemmamouche in the 75th minute of play forced Anchorville's goalkeeper Kamel Boutabout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75 played minutes Anchorville got a freekick which was hit by Tedj Zafour. Ahmed Zemmamouche scored 3-1 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kamel Boutabout, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rachid Baba Ali Azzizi-Kettab hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Anchorville defense, Ahmed Zemmamouche kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kamel Boutabout. The Anchorville fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kamel Boutabout should have stopped the shot. FC The Vikings's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.