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Larchmont
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Larchmont FC's Slimane Benmabrouk started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Yazid Mekhloufi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 12 minutes into the match, Bottineau's goal looked a bit too open when Slimane Benmabrouk came free, but Nadir El-Ouafi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nadir El-Ouafi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slimane Benmabrouk in the 19th minute of play. Slimane Benmabrouk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Nadir El-Ouafi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yazid Ben Bella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yazid Mekhloufi in the 30th minute of play forced Larchmont FC's goalkeeper Frantz Hamid Brahima to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yazid Ben Bella might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nadir El-Ouafi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yazid Ben Bella ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 43rd minute Abdelnacer Amara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frantz Hamid Brahima saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45th minute Slimane Benmabrouk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nadir El-Ouafi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yazid Mekhloufi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Frantz Hamid Brahima having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelnacer Amara stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, Abdelnacer Amara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bottineau's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdelnacer Amara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Slimane Benmabrouk came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the Larchmont 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 Benmabrouk couldn't finish the play. 61 minutes into the match, Bottineau's goal looked a bit too open when Yazid Ben Bella came free, but Nadir El-Ouafi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd match minute, Bottineau was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mahmoud Megharia to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Medjadi Abbas in the 64th minute of play forced Bottineau's goalkeeper Nadir El-Ouafi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 66 minutes, Yazid Ben Bella managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Larchmont FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yazid Ben Bella 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 was convinced that Yazid Ben Bella's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nadir El-Ouafi was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Slimane Benmabrouk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nadir El-Ouafi having to interfere. 71 minutes into the match, Yazid Mekhloufi notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Larchmont FC's Frantz Hamid Brahima. Frantz Hamid Brahima was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 74 minutes, Abdelnacer Amara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bottineau's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdelnacer Amara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Slimane Benmabrouk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Nadir El-Ouafi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frantz Hamid Brahima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdelnacer Amara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpected shot in the 81st minute by Yazid Mekhloufi got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Yazid Ben Bella received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Nadir El-Ouafi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frantz Hamid Brahima made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yazid Mekhloufi in the 90th minute. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bottineau's goalkeeper Nadir El-Ouafi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Madjid Kafi fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bottineau's protests and gave Madjid Kafi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th minute, Madjid Kafi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.