League

Santee
Spectators: 6712 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 0) Madhi Madjer made the kick off and thus started the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Benamar Besseghir during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 2nd match minute, Santee FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benamar Besseghir to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Temple City AFC's Abdelhamid Chadl got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 7th minute of the match Abdel Hamid Cherrad shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lounès Yahia showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Temple City AFC's zone, Khalida Dahleb stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lounès Yahia came out of the goal and Khalida Dahleb tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The long shot by Abdel Hamid Cherrad in the 11th minute really tested Lounès Yahia's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After having played for 12 minutes, Bendjedid Belkacem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santee FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bendjedid Belkacem was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalida Dahleb in the 15th minute of play forced Temple City AFC's goalkeeper Lounès Yahia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santee FC's Bendjedid Belkacem got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 23rd minute, Khalida Dahleb reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lounès Yahia. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santee FC's goalkeeper Rachid Ouadah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 31 minutes into the match, Temple City AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Khalida Dahleb came free, but Lounès Yahia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lounès Yahia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bendjedid Belkacem in the 35th minute. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Khalida Dahleb put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Lounès Yahia. Lounès Yahia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Meziane Belfaa in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Madhi Madjer notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Santee FC's Rachid Ouadah. Rachid Ouadah was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rachid Ouadah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Smail Mecherara in the 49th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Madhi Madjer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Ouadah having to interfere. Meziane Belfaa charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Meziane Belfaa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rabah Zidane hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. After having played for 70 minutes, Khalida Dahleb managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santee FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Khalida Dahleb was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lounès Yahia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bendjedid Belkacem in the 75th minute of the match. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santee FC's goalkeeper Rachid Ouadah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 87th minute Madhi Madjer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rachid Ouadah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Madhi Madjer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Rachid Ouadah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bendjedid Belkacem in the 92nd minute of play forced Temple City AFC's goalkeeper Lounès Yahia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Khalida Dahleb came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Santee 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 Khalida Dahleb couldn't finish the play. If Bendjedid Belkacem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Temple City AFC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.