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Lake Elmo Stadium
Spectators: 6701 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1701, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Khalida Brahmi started the match with the kick off. After 7 minutes, Cheb Ben Khalidi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lake Elmo and the Reform FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Lake Elmo getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Cheb Ben Khalidi hit a great ball. Karim Chebal took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kasdi Belmellat. Kasdi Belmellat dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 13th minute, Rafik Yacef 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Khalida Brahmi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Reform FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Khalida Brahmi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kasdi Belmellat breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Karim Chebal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Kasdi Belmellat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 22nd minute Khalida Brahmi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kasdi Belmellat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th of the match, Rafik Yacef tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Halim Nasro got in the way and made a wonderful save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafik Yacef in the 28th minute of play forced Reform FC's goalkeeper Halim Nasro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reform FC's Halim Nasro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafik Yacef in the 32nd minute of play. Kasdi Belmellat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalida Brahmi, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. 48 minutes into the match, Lake Elmo's goal looked a bit too open when Karim Chebal came free, but Kasdi Belmellat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

After 54 played minutes Lake Elmo got a freekick which was hit by Halim Meskine. In the 57th match minute, Lake Elmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mouloud Djaout to maneuver through the defense. Kasdi Belmellat acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 58th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Amar El-Hadi. In the 62nd match minute, Lake Elmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amar Massi to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rdth minute of the game Karim Chebal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lake Elmo's Kasdi Belmellat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With his leg Kasdi Belmellat managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when Reform FC's Karim Chebal fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Halim Nasro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hicham Labi, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Halim Nasro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafik Yacef in the 70th minute of play. Karim Chebal's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kasdi Belmellat firmly grabbed it by the left post. Halim Nasro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hicham Labi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th minute, Abd al-Aziz Laura Douibi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Halim Nasro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hicham Labi in the 79th minute of play. Halim Nasro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hicham Labi, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Karim Chebal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kasdi Belmellat having to interfere. In the 84th minute, Hicham Labi 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. When Rafik Yacef came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Lake Elmo 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 Rafik Yacef couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Reform FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.