Belleair Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rachid Amri made the kick off which started today's match. When Mohamed Zéroual came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the pistolvania fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mohamed Zéroual couldn't finish the play. Alain Cixous received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Rachid Oussalah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 13 played minutes Belleair AFC got a freekick which was hit by Noureddine Zarabi. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Belleair AFC's goalkeeper Rachid Oussalah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rachid Bouazza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Nasro having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Yazid Ramdani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mohamed Nasro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Rachid Amri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Rachid Oussalah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Noureddine Zarabi hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Rachid Oussalah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alain Cixous, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Alain Cixous had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rachid Oussalah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rachid Amri, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. A collision led to Belleair AFC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Noureddine Zarabi hit a great ball. In the 35th minute, Rachid Amri 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. Mohamed Zéroual charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mohamed Zéroual the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to pistolvania getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Mohamed Zéroual hit a great ball. 40 minutes into the match, Belleair AFC's Mansour Benmabrouk sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mohamed Nasro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Belleair AFC's zone, Rachid Amri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rachid Oussalah came out of the goal and Rachid Amri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 44th minute, Mohamed Zéroual 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. Rachid Oussalah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rachid Amri, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. 47 minutes into the game, Ahmed Abdenouz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Mohamed Nasro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ahmed Abdenouz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Souad Merbah in the 57th minute of play forced pistolvania's goalkeeper Mohamed Nasro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the match, pistolvania's goal looked a bit too open when Noureddine Zarabi came free, but Mohamed Nasro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Rachid Amri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Souad Merbah in the 65th minute of play forced pistolvania's goalkeeper Mohamed Nasro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, pistolvania's Ahmed Ghozali got a free kick in the 66th minute. Mohamed Nasro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noureddine Zarabi in the 69th minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of pistolvania:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Belleair AFC:s goal. The referee gave Belleair AFC a penalty, 73 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mansour Benmabrouk, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of pistolvania's Mohamed Nasro. 3-0. In the 79th minute Yazid Ramdani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Nasro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mohamed Nasro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmed Abdenouz in the 80th minute of the match. Rachid Amri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 93 minutes into the game, Belleair AFC's Noureddine Zarabi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mohamed Nasro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1.
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