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Match Report
Sinajana
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abdelhamid Temmam kicked off to start the match. Hameur Yacine struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Nasser Bahari didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kutztown. After a rather tough play, Sinajana's Tayeb Temmam got a free kick in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, Sinajana's Yacine el Ibrahimi got a free kick in the 13th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Kutztown's Jean-Michel Benbitour tried to score from far away in the 14th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After having played for 16 minutes, Tayeb Temmam managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sinajana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tayeb Temmam was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tayeb Temmam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abd al-Aziz Assad having to interfere. When Yacine el Ibrahimi fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sinajana's protests and gave Yacine el Ibrahimi a yellow card for diving instead. Hameur Yacine fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nasser Bahari having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Tayeb Temmam managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sinajana's supporters rose to their feet, but Tayeb Temmam was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abd al-Aziz Assad breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Kutztown fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 30th minute. Penalty! Abd al-Asis Azzizi-Kettab shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tayeb Temmam in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abd al-Aziz Assad prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rachid Lacen struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Abd al-Aziz Assad didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sinajana. In the 43rd minute, Rachid Lacen 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tayeb Temmam in the 47th minute of play forced Kutztown's goalkeeper Abd al-Aziz Assad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tayeb Temmam was the one to do the kick off. If Rachid Lacen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Rachid Lacen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sinajana's supporters rose to their feet, but Rachid Lacen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abd al-Aziz Assad breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Abd al-Aziz Assad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rachid Lacen in the 60th minute of play. After 62 minutes of play, Sinajana's Rachid Lacen made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abd al-Aziz Assad was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee felt a red card was in order, 73 minutes into the game, when Abd al-Asis Azzizi-Kettab put in a rough tackle. The goalkeeper, Nasser Bahari, was totally fooled by Kutztown's Jean-Michel Benbitour, who 75 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Nassim Bezzaz hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Abd al-Aziz Assad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rachid Lacen in the 86th minute of the match. When Rachid Lacen came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Sinajana 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 Rachid Lacen couldn't finish the play. In the 95th minute, Amrani el Ibrahimi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abd al-Aziz Assad was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Sinajana's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.
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