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American Canyon
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Camel Zaaf kicked off to start the match. Ali Belloumi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chih Benhamou, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A collision led to Metzger AFC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Moulay Haddou hit a great ball. Ferhat Matmour could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Ali Belloumi made a huge save. In the 9thth minute of the game Camel Zaaf who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but American Canyon's Rafik Zeghdoud was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jussef Bellemou Messaoud received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Rafik Zeghdoud tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Camel Zaaf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafik Zeghdoud having to interfere. Ali Belloumi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chih Benhamou in the 17th minute of play. A collision led to Metzger AFC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Ahmed Djebar hit a great ball. Rafik Zeghdoud showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mahmoud Medjani, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 0-1 became the score in the 26th minute when Camel Zaaf elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Jussef Bellemou Messaoud sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Metzger AFC booed when American Canyon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ferhat Matmour didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mahmoud Medjani's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rafik Zeghdoud read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. A collision led to American Canyon getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Rachid Deghmani hit a great ball. Metzger AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 37th minute, when Ferhat Matmour scored to the left of an out of position Ali Belloumi, making the score, 1-1. 42 minutes into the match, American Canyon's goal looked a bit too open when Jussef Bellemou Messaoud came free, but Rafik Zeghdoud reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the American Canyon defense, Jussef Bellemou Messaoud kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rafik Zeghdoud. The American Canyon fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rafik Zeghdoud should have stopped the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Chih Benhamou to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mahmoud Medjani got free with Rafik Zeghdoud in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 55th minute Camel Zaaf shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafik Zeghdoud saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 62 played minutes American Canyon got a freekick which was hit by El Bouzid. 66 minutes into the match, Metzger AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Ferhat Matmour came free, but Ali Belloumi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute, Chih Benhamou made a precise shot to the right of Ali Belloumi. Metzger AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. When Chih Benhamou came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the American Canyon 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 Chih Benhamou couldn't finish the play. In the 76th minute, Camel Zaaf 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferhat Matmour in the 78th minute of play forced Metzger AFC's goalkeeper Ali Belloumi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ali Belloumi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferhat Matmour in the 82nd minute of the match. Jussef Bellemou Messaoud fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafik Zeghdoud having to interfere. Mahmoud Medjani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 97th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Metzger AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.