League

Riverton
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mouloud Cavalli made the kick off which started today's match. Abdelmalek Kouidri didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Salim Ben Bella went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 23rd minute, Mouloud Cavalli 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Souad Mammeri during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Karim Horr hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Ali Hima stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mouloud Cavalli's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. When Tedj Mérah-Benida came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Wells Branch 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 Tedj Mérah-Benida couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Nathan FC's Fadel Ghozali got a free kick in the 35th minute. After 36 played minutes, Wells Branch's Abdelmalek Azem shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Abdelmalek Kouidri 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 Wells Branch reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mouloud Cavalli in the 41st minute of play forced Wells Branch's goalkeeper Ali Hima to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ali Hima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mouloud Cavalli in the 43rd minute of the match. Fadel Saïdi-Sief received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Ali Hima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 51st minute, Hakim Hima 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. In the 53rd minute, Smail Hamdani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Hima was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Ali Hima made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mouloud Cavalli in the 60th minute of play. In the 65thth minute of the game Salim Ben Bella who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nathan FC's Abdelmalek Kouidri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Wells Branch's zone, Fadel Saïdi-Sief stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Hima came out of the goal and Fadel Saïdi-Sief tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 69 minutes, Mouloud Cavalli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nathan FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mouloud Cavalli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Farès Dziri kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Ali Hima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mouloud Cavalli in the 77th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Fadel Saïdi-Sief ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Hima was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. In the 88th minute, Fadel Saïdi-Sief ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Hima was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. 93 minutes into the match, Wells Branch's goal looked a bit too open when Mouloud Cavalli came free, but Ali Hima reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fadel Saïdi-Sief received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Ali Hima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wells Branch's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.