League

Cottleville
Spectators: 6714 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hocine Benmabrouk took the kick off in the first half of the match. Hocine Benmabrouk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cottleville AFC's Leon Maillot has a good shot, but didn't show it this time. The shot went over the crossbar in the 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mourad Bencherif in the 18th minute of play forced Cottleville AFC's goalkeeper Mebarek Cohen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hocine Benmabrouk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Mebarek Cohen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chadli Fergani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 30 minutes, Jussef Ben Massi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cottleville AFC and the Lincoln Village AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 33 minutes into the match, Lincoln Village AFC's Mourad Bencherif sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mebarek Cohen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mebarek Cohen came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Lincoln Village AFC's Hocine Benmabrouk. But to his dismay, Hocine Benmabrouk quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After having played for 39 minutes, Hameur Hamid Brahima managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cottleville AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hameur Hamid Brahima was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hameur Hamid Brahima got free with Mohammed Ahmed Ben Bahari in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chadli Fergani stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Souad Fanon during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 53 played minutes, Lincoln Village AFC's Smail Ben Khalidi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mebarek Cohen came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lincoln Village AFC reached it. In the 60th minute Hameur Hamid Brahima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammed Ahmed Ben Bahari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lincoln Village AFC's Mohammed Ahmed Ben Bahari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hameur Hamid Brahima in the 64th minute of play. After having played for 65 minutes, Hocine Benmabrouk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lincoln Village AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hocine Benmabrouk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Chadli Fergani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Lincoln Village AFC getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Reda Sofiane hit a great ball. After having played for 78 minutes, Hameur Hamid Brahima managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cottleville AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hameur Hamid Brahima was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lincoln Village AFC's Reda Sofiane got his second yellow card of the match in the 79th minute. The referee ordered Reda Sofiane off the ground. Reda Sofiane kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chadli Fergani in the 81st minute of play forced Lincoln Village AFC's goalkeeper Mohammed Ahmed Ben Bahari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute, Hameur Hamid Brahima 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. Mourad Bencherif sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mourad Bencherif could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 99th minute of the match, but Mebarek Cohen made a huge save. Lincoln Village AFC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.