League

Fort Knox
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Madhi Khelaifia got the match started through his kick off. Nasser Kermali showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salah Abdessalam in the 3rd minute of the match. After 6 minutes of play, Kendallville's Salah Abdessalam made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nasser Kermali was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fodil Diss showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rachid Bessou, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Kendallville's Fodil Diss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rachid Bessou in the 15th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daho Rimitti in the 18th minute of play forced Fort Knox AFC's goalkeeper Nasser Kermali to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute, Daho Rimitti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Knodi Hima was extremely unlucky when he, in the 21st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rachid Bessou in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fodil Diss saved Kendallville from getting behind. In the 24th minute, Madhi Khelaifia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kendallville fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Kendallville's Fodil Diss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rachid Bessou in the 27th minute of play. In the 30th minute Madhi Khelaifia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nasser Kermali saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Kendallville's Alain Bouazza got a free kick in the 30th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Fort Knox AFC's Mohamed Ben Ahmed Cohen tried to score from far away in the 31st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. A collision led to Fort Knox AFC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Hamid Saïd-Guerni hit a great ball. Nasser Kermali made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Madjid Aggoune in the 36th minute of play. Nasser Kermali made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdelhamid Fanon in the 41st minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Fort Knox AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Madhi Khelaifia came free, but Nasser Kermali reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rachid Bessou made a kick off. Madjid Aggoune hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the 54thth minute of the game Rachid Bessou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kendallville's Fodil Diss was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Madhi Khelaifia fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kendallville's protests and gave Madhi Khelaifia a yellow card for diving instead. Madhi Khelaifia hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. 64 minutes into the match, Fort Knox AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Salah Abdessalam came free, but Nasser Kermali reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 65 played minutes Fort Knox AFC got a freekick which was hit by Jean Doutté. An unexpectedly hard shot by Madhi Khelaifia in the 66th minute of play forced Fort Knox AFC's goalkeeper Nasser Kermali to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Knodi Hima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Fodil Diss tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Madhi Khelaifia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Madhi Khelaifia received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nasser Kermali came out and tried to block the shot, but Madhi Khelaifia slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 73rd minute. Knodi Hima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rachid Bessou blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fodil Diss having to make a save. After 94 played minutes Kendallville got a freekick which was hit by Daho Rimitti.