League

West Bloomfield Town
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Holland AFC's Nouredine Kensi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ali Mezdad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Ahmed Bouchemla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Holland AFC's Djamel Drid got a free kick in the 12th minute. Holland AFC's Ahmed Bouchemla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Holland AFC from getting a goal against them. 15 minutes into the game, Djamel Drid was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Holland AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave West Bloomfield Township the free kick. Ahmed Bouchemla made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ali Mezdad in the 16th minute. In the 18th minute, Nouredine Kensi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Holland AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ahmed Bouchemla came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by West Bloomfield Township's Ali Mezdad. But to his dismay, Ali Mezdad quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After 28 minutes, Guillaume Laurent Dziri mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the West Bloomfield Township and the Holland AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 27th minute, one of West Bloomfield Township:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for West Bloomfield Township. In the 29th minute there was a penalty for Holland AFC. Ahmed Adjani stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mohammad Dahleb. 1-2. Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ahmed Bouchemla. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl ran back to his position shaking his head. Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Ahmed Bouchemla didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for West Bloomfield Township. West Bloomfield Township's Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 39th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl made the kick off in the second half. In the 52ndth minute of the game Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Holland AFC's Ahmed Bouchemla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ali Mezdad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Ahmed Bouchemla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute, Ali Mezdad 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. West Bloomfield Township's Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 75 minutes into the match, Holland AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Mezdad came free, but Ahmed Bouchemla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Ahmed Bouchemla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Holland AFC booed when West Bloomfield Township was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tahar Lacen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmed Bouchemla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tayeb Djebar, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. After a rather tough play, West Bloomfield Township's Tahar Lacen got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Ahmed Bouchemla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zīn ud-Dīn Chadl, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 97th minute Nouredine Kensi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammad Dahleb saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Holland AFC succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though West Bloomfield Township had controlled the match.