League

Buffalo Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Salim Lacen kicked off to start the match. Daho Cherrad charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daho Cherrad the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th match minute, Buffalo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daho Cherrad to maneuver through the defense. If Djabir Cherrad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Salim Lacen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bouabdellah Mezair was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Yacine Madouni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Djabir Cherrad, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Yacine Madouni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Djabir Cherrad in the 16th minute of play. Many's defense didn't have a chance, in the 20th minute, when Salim Lacen scored to the left of an out of position Bouabdellah Mezair, making the score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Djabir Cherrad in the 24th minute of play forced Buffalo's goalkeeper Yacine Madouni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute Djabir Cherrad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yacine Madouni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Djabir Cherrad scored 1-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yacine Madouni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Buffalo's Daho Cherrad got his second yellow card of the match in the 28th minute. The referee ordered Daho Cherrad off the ground. In the 29th minute, Daho Cherrad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Daho Ben Khalidi fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Many's protests and gave Daho Ben Khalidi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd minute, Daho Ben Khalidi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Rabah Mammeri sped through Buffalo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Yacine Madouni. Salim Lacen kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Abd al-Asis Benzine in the 46thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Bouabdellah Mezair, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Djabir Cherrad to strike the kick off in the second half. Abdelhamid Abbas was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 53rd minute. Many's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 56 minutes into the game, Abd al-Asis Benzine was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Buffalo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Many the free kick. In the 56th match minute, Buffalo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abd al-Asis Benzine to maneuver through the defense. 59 minutes into the match, Many's goal looked a bit too open when Mourad Amara came free, but Bouabdellah Mezair reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Djabir Cherrad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yacine Madouni having to interfere. After 73 minutes, Abdelnacer Zarabi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Buffalo and the Many players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 73rd match minute, Buffalo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelnacer Zarabi to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Buffalo's Salim Lacen got a free kick in the 78th minute. Abdelhamid Abbas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Yacine Madouni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelhamid Abbas in the 84th minute of the match. Djabir Cherrad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Abdelhamid Abbas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abdelhamid Abbas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yacine Madouni having to interfere. Buffalo's Yacine Madouni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Buffalo from getting a goal against them. Many played a much better game than Buffalo and deserved their victory. The Buffalo players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.