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Kendale Lakes
Spectators: 6707 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1707, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Slimane Hamid made the kick off which started today's match. After 6 minutes, Abdelaziz Boulahfane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kendale Lakes FC and the Martins Ferry AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Kendale Lakes FC! Abdel Hamid Kheyari shot the penalty kick right outside the post. 10 minutes into the match, Kendale Lakes FC's goal looked a bit too open when Yacine Rimitti came free, but Leon Menad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Yacine Rimitti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kendale Lakes FC's Slimane Hamid got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 19 minutes into the match, Martins Ferry AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Slimane Hamid came free, but Ahmed Guendouz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Slimane Teissier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 22 minutes, Slimane Teissier managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kendale Lakes FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Slimane Teissier was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Leon Menad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hemza Rahouli in the 25th minute of play. When Yacine Rimitti came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Martins Ferry AFC 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 Yacine Rimitti couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yacine Rimitti in the 31st minute of play forced Kendale Lakes FC's goalkeeper Leon Menad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leon Menad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hemza Rahouli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Martins Ferry AFC getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Abd al-Asis Matmour hit a great ball. In the 42nd match minute, Martins Ferry AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hemza Rahouli to maneuver through the defense. After a good free kick, Hemza Rahouli got an opportunity to smash the ball into the goal, but unfortunately, the ball went just outside the goal, which resulted in a goal kick for Kendale Lakes FC. Yacine Rimitti scored 0-1 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leon Menad, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Yacine Rimitti to make the kick off. Slimane Hamid fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmed Guendouz having to interfere. 64 minutes into the match, Martins Ferry AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Slimane Teissier came free, but Ahmed Guendouz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Frantz Chaib fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Martins Ferry AFC's protests and gave Frantz Chaib a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Kendale Lakes FC booed when Martins Ferry AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frantz Chaib didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmed Guendouz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slimane Teissier in the 79th minute of the match. Moulay Saïdi-Sief hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Rabah Medjiba placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! When Slimane Teissier came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Kendale Lakes FC 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 Slimane Teissier couldn't finish the play. Hemza Rahouli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leon Menad having to interfere. Slimane Hamid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Ahmed Guendouz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.