League

Bucyrus Park
Spectators: 6701 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1701, VIP seats: 0) Hocine Aribi made the kick off and thus started the match. Rachid Hima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Mustapha Zouba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tahar Hadj Aïssa kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Cheb Ben Khalidi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rachid Hima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Mustapha Zouba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute, Mohammad Badis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bucyrus's goalkeeper Mustapha Zouba, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mustapha Zouba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rachid Hima in the 16th minute of the match. Rachid Hima struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Mustapha Zouba didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Merriam. The crowd rose to their feet as Hocine Aribi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Karim Zaoui. That made the score 1-0 in the 19 minute of play. Hocine Aribi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Karim Zaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Madjid Benmabrouk fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Merriam's protests and gave Madjid Benmabrouk a yellow card for diving instead. In the 24th minute, one of Merriam: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 Merriam. The score was 2-0 after a penalty in the 26th minute, where Bucyrus:s Menad Adjani tricked Merriam:s Karim Zaoui with a difficult ball by the left post. Rachid Hima scored 2-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mustapha Zouba, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Hocine Aribi came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Bucyrus 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 Hocine Aribi couldn't finish the play. Karim Ben Khalidi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Karim Zaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Karim Ben Khalidi took a quick shot and it went in 3-1 without a chance for Karim Zaoui to make any attempt to save it. When Karim Ben Khalidi fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bucyrus's protests and gave Karim Ben Khalidi a yellow card for diving instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cheb Ben Khalidi to strike the kick off in the second half. Mustapha Zouba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheb Ben Khalidi in the 51st minute of play. Cheb Ben Khalidi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mustapha Zouba read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. If Hocine Aribi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 57th minute, Abd al-Aziz Azem made a precise shot to the right of Karim Zaoui. Merriam's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Hocine Aribi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Karim Zaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 66 minutes, Rachid Hima managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Merriam's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rachid Hima was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 66th match minute, Bucyrus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tahar Hadj Aïssa to maneuver through the defense. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bucyrus's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Madjid Benmabrouk was slow to take the kick. During this time Merriam's players had a chance to rest. 71 minutes into the match, Rachid Hima had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mustapha Zouba. Bucyrus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rachid Hima was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. If Tahar Hadj Aïssa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Karim Zaoui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hocine Aribi in the 82nd minute of the match. Karim Zaoui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hocine Aribi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hocine Aribi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Bucyrus fully deserved thier win.