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La Habra Heights Par
Spectators: 6690 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Belaid Nasro kicked off to start the match. In the 4thth minute of the game Redha Mekhloufi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Habra Heights AFC's Ferhat Yacine was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, La Habra Heights AFC's Ismael Benflis got a free kick in the 9th minute. Larbi Malek succeeded in the game's 10th minute to get real power on a long shot . La Habra Heights AFC's Ferhat Yacine hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 0-1! In the 19th minute, Rabah Hamid 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. Rabah Hamid blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ferhat Yacine having to make a save. Rabah Hamid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rabah Hamid's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ferhat Yacine read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. When La Habra Heights AFC's Belaid Nasro in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stanton's goalie prevented a goal. In the 37th minute, Belmadi Ighil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to La Habra Heights AFC getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Chadli Sakhri hit a great ball. After 41 played minutes La Habra Heights AFC got a freekick which was hit by Ismael Benflis. Ferhat Yacine made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rabah Hamid in the 42nd minute of play. The La Habra Heights AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Stanton were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rabah Hamid stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Yazid Fadela kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. La Habra Heights AFC's Ferhat Yacine played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rabah Hamid in the 59th minute of play. If Rabah Hamid had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 66th minute Rabah Hamid shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferhat Yacine saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ferhat Yacine made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Redha Mekhloufi sent off a good shot on target. Rabah Hamid was extremely unlucky when he, in the 82nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 84 minutes into the game, Yazid Fadela was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stanton's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La Habra Heights AFC the free kick. In the 88th minute of the match Jean Haddou shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Noureddine Abbas showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When Rabah Hamid came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Stanton 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 Rabah Hamid couldn't finish the play. Redha Mekhloufi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stanton were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.