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Forsyth Park
Spectators: 6716 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tayeb Kraouche started the match with the kick off. After 2 minutes, Liamine Bouguerra mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Centralia FC and the Forsyth players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd match minute, Centralia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Liamine Bouguerra to maneuver through the defense. Mohamed Ben Hamid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdelkader Akrour in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Centralia FC's Yazid Bendjedid got a free kick in the 8th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Centralia FC's goalkeeper Souad Hamouda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdelkader Moll. Abdelkader Moll fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Souad Hamouda having to interfere. Abdelkader Moll received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Souad Hamouda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Yacine Belloumi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Yacine Belloumi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22nd minute, Bouabdellah Zéroual hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 23 played minutes Forsyth got a freekick which was hit by Abdelkader Moll. In the 26th minute Yacine Belloumi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Ben Hamid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdelkader Moll got free with Souad Hamouda in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abdelkader Moll received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Souad Hamouda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36th minute, Abdelkader Akrour hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Amar Harkouk, 37 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Abdelkader Moll took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Souad Hamouda. Souad Hamouda dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 48th minute Tayeb Kraouche shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Ben Hamid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nasreddine Ramdani to make the kick off. After 57 played minutes, Centralia FC's Yazid Hemdani shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mohamed Ben Hamid came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Centralia FC reached it. After a rather tough play, Forsyth's El Abrika got a free kick in the 58th minute. If Tayeb Kraouche had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 65th minute, Yacine Belloumi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mohamed Ben Hamid was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Mohamed Ben Hamid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tayeb Kraouche in the 70th minute of the match. Souad Hamouda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdelkader Moll, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nasreddine Ramdani in the 80th minute of play forced Centralia FC's goalkeeper Souad Hamouda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Abdelkader Moll had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yacine Belloumi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mohamed Ben Hamid didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 95th minute, which inside left pole to 1-2. Centralia FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.