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Lancaster Stadium
Spectators: 6701 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1701, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tayeb Madouni took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 8th minute Tayeb Madouni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cheikha Bencheikh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sid Beloufa's late challenge caught a Lancaster FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sid Beloufa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th minute, Sid Beloufa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Argentina's Cheikha Bencheikh got control of the ball when Nassim Belkheir tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cheikha Bencheikh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tayeb Madouni in the 13th minute of the match. Mounir Abbas missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 16 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Amrani Boulmerka right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Tayeb Madouni managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lancaster FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Tayeb Madouni was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cheikha Bencheikh breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 25th minute, Tayeb Madouni 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. Tayeb Madouni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Cheikha Bencheikh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nassim Belkheir got free with Cheikha Bencheikh in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A hard shot 31 in the game by Nassim Belkheir from a close distance when the talented Cheikha Bencheikh managed to make a qualified save. Argentina's players were relieved. Nassim Belkheir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th play minute Nassim Belkheir came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cheikha Bencheikh. 1-0. Ahmed Zidane kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nassim Belkheir got free with Cheikha Bencheikh in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tayeb Madouni blasted a shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cheikha Bencheikh having to make a save.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sid Beloufa to make the kick off. Cheikha Bencheikh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nassim Belkheir in the 53rd minute of the match. Argentina's Cheikha Bencheikh played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tayeb Madouni in the 54th minute of play. Cheikha Bencheikh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tayeb Madouni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cheikha Bencheikh came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Lancaster FC's Tayeb Madouni. But to his dismay, Tayeb Madouni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 70th minute Nassim Belkheir shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cheikha Bencheikh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cheikha Bencheikh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nassim Belkheir, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 83rd minute, Tayeb Madouni 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. Cheikha Bencheikh stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tayeb Madouni's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. In the 93rd minute, Tayeb Madouni left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lancaster FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. For all the effort they put into the match, the Argentina players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Lancaster FC.