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RISING STAR STADIUM
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abderrachid Djebbour made the kick off which started today's match. Muhammad Yahia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anthar Hima's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Anthar Hima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Muhammad Yahia having to interfere. If Charles Mansouri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 13th minute, Mohamed Messaoud hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Rachid Bouazza managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB's Charles Mansouri fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Abderrachid Djebbour came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB 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 Abderrachid Djebbour couldn't finish the play. Charles Mansouri succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 21st playminute. Karim Madouni hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Rachid Bouazza acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 27th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Lakhdar Benida. Anthar Hima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ali Horr charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ali Horr the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 39th match minute, RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Horr to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute, Abderraouf Aliche sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB's Muhammad Yahia didn't even have to move. Anthar Hima struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Muhammad Yahia didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Citrus Springs. Karim Madouni's late challenge caught a RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karim Madouni helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Citrus Springs's Karim Madouni got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 48th match minute, Citrus Springs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelaziz Morceli to maneuver through the defense. In the 49th minute of the match Lakhdar Benida sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rachid Bouazza skillfully saved the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anthar Hima made a kick off. After 55 played minutes, RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB's Adlène Teissier shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rachid Bouazza 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 RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB reached it. In the 56th minute Charles Mansouri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rachid Bouazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Citrus Springs's Karim Madouni got a free kick in the 57th minute. Rachid Bouazza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abderrachid Djebbour in the 60th minute of the match. The supporters of RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB booed when Citrus Springs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karim Madouni didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rachid Bouazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abderrachid Djebbour, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthar Hima in the 67th minute of play forced RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB's goalkeeper Muhammad Yahia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Muhammad Yahia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Madouni, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Muhammad Yahia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anthar Hima in the 69th minute of play. If Anthar Hima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hakim Ghozali during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Hakim Ghozali hit a great ball. Mohamed Messaoud charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mohamed Messaoud the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 79 played minutes Citrus Springs got a freekick which was hit by Mohamed Messaoud. In the 85th minute, Anthar 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. 92 minutes into the match, RISING STARS FOOTBALLCLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Anthar Hima came free, but Muhammad Yahia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karim Madouni 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. When the match had gone on for 97 minutes, Anthar Hima took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Muhammad Yahia to make any attempt to save it.