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Niwot 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. Fodil Belkacem started the match with the kick off. Hamza Maroc kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. After 12 played minutes Romanisti got a freekick which was hit by Hamza Maroc. A hard shot by Tayeb El-Hadi from long distance, 13 minutes into the match, got Cheb Matmour's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After 19 minutes of play, Romanisti's Fodil Belkacem made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kader Sadmi was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 22nd minute, Fodil Belkacem 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. Mohamed Ben Macias's late challenge caught a Niwot FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohamed Ben Macias helped the player get up and apologised. Abd el Nasro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cheb Matmour came out and tried to block the shot, but Abd el Nasro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 29th minute. The Romanisti fans' excitement grew in the 37th match minute when Romanisti's Fodil Belkacem looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Kader Sadmi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fodil Belkacem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Fodil Belkacem came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Romanisti 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 Fodil Belkacem couldn't finish the play. After the first half Romanisti were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abd el Nasro made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Rafik Hamruche notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Romanisti's Cheb Matmour. Cheb Matmour was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fodil Belkacem got free with Kader Sadmi in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Niwot FC's Kader Sadmi got control of the ball when Fodil Belkacem tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 61 played minutes Niwot FC got a freekick which was hit by Rafik Hamruche. Yacine Cavalli struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Kader Sadmi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Romanisti. Fodil Belkacem succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 66th playminute. Fodil Belkacem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kader Sadmi having to interfere. Abd el Nasro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Fodil Belkacem put it in 2-4 from a short distance just to the right of Kader Sadmi. Cheb Matmour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafik Hamruche, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind Niwot FC's goalkeeper Kader Sadmi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fodil Belkacem in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kader Sadmi saved Niwot FC from getting behind. 90 minutes into the match, Rafik Hamruche had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cheb Matmour. Romanisti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rafik Hamruche was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-4. Romanisti's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.