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Mystic Stadium
Spectators: 6690 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the game, Rafik Allalou was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mystic's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave West Reading the free kick. After a rather tough play, Mystic's Rafik Allalou got a free kick in the 5th minute. Rachid Piaf showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cheb Hima, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Tedj Abdenouz sped through Mystic's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rachid Piaf. Mystic's Rachid Piaf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheb Hima in the 23rd minute of play. Albert Benzine hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the match, Mystic's goal looked a bit too open when Tedj Abdenouz came free, but Rachid Piaf reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Cheb Hima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cheb Hima in the 31st minute of play forced Mystic's goalkeeper Rachid Piaf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hocine Sahraoui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafik Allalou in the 34th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, West Reading's Hakim Mekhloufi got a free kick in the 36th minute. Hocine Sahraoui acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 37th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Madjid Hamdoud. If Cheb Hima had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohamed Soltani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hocine Sahraoui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cheb Boufroura, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half West Reading were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rafik Allalou to strike the kick off in the second half. Mystic's Rachid Piaf proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Mystic from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohamed Soltani in the 56th minute of play forced West Reading's goalkeeper Hocine Sahraoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Rafik Allalou came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Mystic 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 Rafik Allalou couldn't finish the play. Rachid Piaf made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cheb Hima in the 61st minute. Mohamed Soltani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Hocine Sahraoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd match minute, Mystic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Madjid Hamdoud to maneuver through the defense. A long shot from Chaba Zitouni in the 74th minute of play was well struck, but Rachid Piaf made a really good save at the right post. In the 76th minute, Cheb 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. With his leg Rachid Piaf managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when West Reading's Cheb Hima fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cheb Hima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cheb Boufroura charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cheb Boufroura the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 86 played minutes Mystic got a freekick which was hit by Cheb Boufroura. 87 minutes into the match, Mystic's goalkeeper Rachid Piaf had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cheb Hima. Mohamed Soltani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. West Reading's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.