League

Preston
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Toufik Moussaoui started the match with the kick off. BURAIMI FC's Rabah Laref proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save BURAIMI FC from getting a goal against them. Mohammad Nabil took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Belaid Zitouni. Preston AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Toufik Moussaoui put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Belaid Zitouni. Rabah Laref showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camel Bessou in the 17th minute of the match. Belaid Zitouni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reda Chaouchi in the 20th minute of the match. When Mustapha Asma fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Preston AFC's protests and gave Mustapha Asma a yellow card for diving instead. Mustapha Asma hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. After 22 minutes of play, BURAIMI FC's Reda Chaouchi made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Belaid Zitouni was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to BURAIMI FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Mohammad Nabil hit a great ball. Rabah Laref made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mouloud Merbah in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute Toufik Moussaoui shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Belaid Zitouni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Camel Bessou got free with Rabah Laref in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Belaid Zitouni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reda Chaouchi in the 31st minute of the match. Reda Chaouchi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Belaid Zitouni having to interfere. Cheb Achiu's late challenge caught a Preston AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cheb Achiu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 38th match minute, BURAIMI FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cheb Achiu to maneuver through the defense. Rabah Laref made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hamid Azem in the 41st minute. The audience was convinced that Toufik Moussaoui's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Belaid Zitouni was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. 44 minutes into the match, BURAIMI FC's Reda Chaouchi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Belaid Zitouni narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Camel Bessou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Camel Bessou stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamid Azem in the 52nd minute of play forced BURAIMI FC's goalkeeper Rabah Laref to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lounès Saïd-Guerni charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lounès Saïd-Guerni the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 58th minute, one of BURAIMI FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for BURAIMI FC. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Camel Bessou managed to get in a good position for a shot. Preston AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Camel Bessou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rabah Laref breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Camel Bessou recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 67th minute Toufik Moussaoui shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Belaid Zitouni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rabah Laref made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camel Bessou in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camel Bessou in the 70th minute of play forced BURAIMI FC's goalkeeper Rabah Laref to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Preston AFC's goalkeeper Belaid Zitouni had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Reda Chaouchi. Camel Bessou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Rabah Laref tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Belaid Djamel kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. The supporters of Preston AFC booed when BURAIMI FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdellah Ghozali didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bellemou Sellal during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of BURAIMI FC booed when Preston AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bellemou Sellal didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, BURAIMI FC's Belaid Zitouni threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Toufik Moussaoui, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Toufik Moussaoui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Belaid Zitouni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mouloud Merbah charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mouloud Merbah the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 91 minutes into the game, one of Preston AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Belaid Zitouni, was totally fooled by BURAIMI FC's Lounès Saïd-Guerni, who 93 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. BURAIMI FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.