League

MNU FIELD
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Chakib Lacen took the kick off in the first half of the match. Castro Valley's Abdelkader Benhamou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmed Louahla in the 5th minute of play. Mohamed Kharroubi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alain Prévost, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mohamed Kharroubi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alain Prévost went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 14th minute, Cheb Hadj Aïssa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abdelkader Benhamou was out of position in the 22 minute of play, and Ahmed Louahla capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ahmed Louahla really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Abdelkader Benhamou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmed Louahla in the 25th minute of the match. Mohamed Kharroubi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alain Prévost, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 38th minute, Mustapha Bilal 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. 46 minutes into the match, Ahmed Louahla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abdelkader Benhamou. Castro Valley's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ahmed Louahla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ahmed Louahla to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Alain Prévost shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Kharroubi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Ahmed Louahla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 64th minute, Mustapha Bilal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abdelkader Benhamou was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Faouzi Menguellet kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mohamed Kharroubi. That made the score 5-2 in the 75 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Castro Valley's Alain Prévost got a free kick in the 78th minute. Mustapha Bilal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Abdelkader Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Abdelhamid Yacef fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Castro Valley's protests and gave Abdelhamid Yacef a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to MULLER N UNITED getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Abdelhani Belloumi hit a great ball. If Abdelhani Belloumi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alain Prévost in the 91st minute of play forced MULLER N UNITED's goalkeeper Mohamed Kharroubi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute Faouzi Menguellet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Kharroubi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ahmed Louahla in the 94th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abdelkader Benhamou prevented the ball from getting in the gole. There was no doubt that MULLER N UNITED were the better team. MULLER N UNITED's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.