League

Blue Springs Park
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. Chakib Bensaoula started the match with the kick off. Mounir Boudjedra hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 10 minutes into the match, Blue Springs's goal looked a bit too open when Chakib Bensaoula came free, but Abdelnacer Khadra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salim Bezzaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Hemza Bouteflika tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the match, Chakib Bensaoula notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Blue Springs's Abdelnacer Khadra. Abdelnacer Khadra was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Chakib Bensaoula fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelnacer Khadra having to interfere. Abdelnacer Khadra didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chakib Bensaoula went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. René Dahleb fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelnacer Khadra having to interfere. Abdelnacer Khadra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from René Dahleb, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

The wind increased when Salim Bezzaz made the kick off in the second half. René Dahlebs short, quick shot in the 53rdth minute got Abdelnacer Khadra to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jean-Baptiste Belloumi charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jean-Baptiste Belloumi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Leon FC's Mohamed Ben Benaouf got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abdelnacer Khadra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chakib Bensaoula, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Hocine Hamdani charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hocine Hamdani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After having played for 76 minutes, Hocine Hamdani managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leon FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hocine Hamdani was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 78 minutes into the match, Blue Springs's goal looked a bit too open when Chakib Bensaoula came free, but Abdelnacer Khadra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Blue Springs's zone, René Dahleb stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdelnacer Khadra came out of the goal and René Dahleb tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chakib Bensaoula in the 85th minute of play forced Blue Springs's goalkeeper Abdelnacer Khadra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chakib Bensaoula fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelnacer Khadra having to interfere. Blue Springs's Abdelnacer Khadra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Blue Springs from getting a goal against them. When Mohamed Ben Sofiane fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Blue Springs's protests and gave Mohamed Ben Sofiane a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Blue Springs getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Mohamed Ben Sofiane hit a great ball. Leon FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.