League

South Paris
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mustapha Souakri started the match with the kick off. Mustapha Souakri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fouad Maillot's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mouloud Mimoun read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 8th minute of the game. One of Lemoore AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of South Paris AFC:s goal. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lemoore AFC's goalkeeper Rachid Haddou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the South Paris AFC defense, Fouad Maillot kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mouloud Mimoun. The South Paris AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mouloud Mimoun should have stopped the shot. Lemoore AFC's Mustapha Souakri managed to work through South Paris AFC's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Mustapha Souakri dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Farid Mamouni got free with Rachid Haddou in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mohamed Benmabrouk's late challenge caught a Lemoore AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohamed Benmabrouk helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st minute, Mohamed Benmabrouk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute, South Paris AFC's Fergani Bencherif dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Mustapha Souakri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mouloud Mimoun having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fergani Bencherif in the 39th minute of play forced Lemoore AFC's goalkeeper Rachid Haddou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fergani Bencherif to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Farid Mamouni managed to get in a good position for a shot. South Paris AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Farid Mamouni was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rachid Haddou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. South Paris AFC's Mouloud Mimoun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save South Paris AFC from getting a goal against them. In the 61stth minute of the game Mustapha Souakri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but South Paris AFC's Mouloud Mimoun was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fouad Maillot succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-2 in the 62nd playminute. Fergani Bencherif sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 70 minutes into the match, Farid Mamouni had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rachid Haddou. Lemoore AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Farid Mamouni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After 75 minutes of play, South Paris AFC's Fergani Bencherif made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rachid Haddou was left in no man's land by his defense there! Farid Mamouni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Haddou having to interfere. With 81 minutes on the clock, Lakhdar Merbah commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 80 minutes into the game, one of Lemoore AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Rachid Haddou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fergani Bencherif in the 90th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Fergani Bencherif's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rachid Haddou was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Fergani Bencherif fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rachid Haddou having to interfere. Mouloud Mimoun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fouad Maillot in the 97th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. South Paris AFC had won after a very even match.