League

Hewlett
Spectators: 6727 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 0) The supporters of South Cleveland AFC booed when Hewlett was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmond Assad didn't get a good kick on the ball. Belaid Derrida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ismael Fergani having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, South Cleveland AFC's Cheikha Zakaria sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ismael Fergani narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cheikha Zakaria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Ismael Fergani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cheikha Zakaria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Ismael Fergani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Belaid Derrida's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ismael Fergani read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th minute Belaid Derrida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Fergani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdelmalek Haddadj hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. After taking down the ball on Hewlett's corner Mohamed Merah-Benida fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Amar Benchenaa quite easily take care of the ball. After 28 minutes South Cleveland AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cheb Drid who took care of the corner kick. A well done corner resulted in Antoine Toumi drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind South Cleveland AFC's goalkeeper. Mohamed Merah-Benida 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. 38 minutes into the match, South Cleveland AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Mohamed Merah-Benida came free, but Amar Benchenaa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Mohamed Merah-Benida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 44th minute, Cheikha Zakaria 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Belaid Derrida made the kick off in the second half. Amar Benchenaa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mohamed Merah-Benida went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Cheikha Zakaria kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ismael Fergani. That made the score 2-1 in the 58 minute of play. Amine Nabil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Amar Benchenaa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the South Cleveland AFC defense, Amine Nabil kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Amar Benchenaa. The South Cleveland AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Amar Benchenaa should have stopped the shot. Amine Nabil hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Hewlett's Ismael Fergani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Belaid Derrida in the 93rd minute of play. Amar Benchenaa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohamed Merah-Benida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice moves Cheikha Zakaria could shoot a difficult shot in the 97th minute, which Ismael Fergani however easily saved by the left post. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Hewlett had won after a very even match.