League

Fitzgerald
Spectators: 6728 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when François Bezzaz made the kick off which started today's match. Tayeb Madani's late challenge caught a Fitzgerald FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tayeb Madani helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Lakemore's Tayeb Madani got a free kick in the 3rd minute. A collision led to Lakemore getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Tayeb Madani hit a great ball. If François Bezzaz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mansour Sellal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from François Bezzaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tayeb Amirouche received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Mansour Sellal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 24th minute Ben Hadjadj shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cheb Zahouania saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the game, Fitzgerald FC's Tayeb Amirouche nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mansour Sellal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Mansour Sellal made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Tayeb Amirouche sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tayeb Amirouche got free with Mansour Sellal in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mansour Sellal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from François Bezzaz in the 32nd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the game, Hakim Mimoun was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lakemore's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fitzgerald FC the free kick. The supporters of Fitzgerald FC booed when Lakemore was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hakim Mimoun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tayeb Amirouche received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Mansour Sellal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Lakemore's zone, Tayeb Amirouche stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mansour Sellal came out of the goal and Tayeb Amirouche tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mansour Sellal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tayeb Amirouche in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

In the 52nd minute, Tayeb Amirouche left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fitzgerald FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. The supporters of Fitzgerald FC booed when Lakemore was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Halim Makkeb didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Tayeb Amirouche came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Fitzgerald FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tayeb Amirouche couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yazid Méniri during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Lakemore getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Yazid Méniri hit a great ball. After having played for 75 minutes, François Bezzaz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fitzgerald FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but François Bezzaz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tayeb Amirouche received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Mansour Sellal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. François Bezzaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mansour Sellal having to interfere. 86 minutes into the match, Ben Hadjadj notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Fitzgerald FC's Cheb Zahouania. Cheb Zahouania was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 90 minutes into the match, Fitzgerald FC's goalkeeper Cheb Zahouania had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ben Hadjadj. Mansour Sellal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tayeb Amirouche, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fitzgerald FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.