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Houston
Spectators: 6706 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1706, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Farid Fari got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Sofiane Macias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abdelhamid Benhamou was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. After having played for 6 minutes, Ben Zenia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Houston's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ben Zenia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jussef Nasro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ben Zenia in the 8th minute of the match. The supporters of Houston booed when Atlantic Highlands AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mansour Zahouania didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th match minute, Houston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amrani Camus to maneuver through the defense. Abdelhamid Benhamou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Farid Fari's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. If Mansour Zahouania had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Houston's Abdelhamid Benhamou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Farid Fari in the 22nd minute of play. Mansour Zahouania fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelhamid Benhamou having to interfere. Mansour Zahouania fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelhamid Benhamou having to interfere. Abdelhamid Benhamou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mansour Zahouania in the 28th minute of the match. Abdelhamid Benhamou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Farid Fari's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mansour Zahouania in the 32nd minute of play forced Houston's goalkeeper Abdelhamid Benhamou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdelhamid Benhamou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Farid Fari in the 32nd minute of play. Farid Fari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Abdelhamid Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sofiane Macias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelhamid Benhamou having to interfere. Abdelhamid Benhamou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sofiane Macias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rafik Aboulker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Abdelhamid Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 41stth minute of the game Sofiane Macias who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Houston's Abdelhamid Benhamou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Abdelhamid Benhamou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Farid Fari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdelhamid Benhamou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sofiane Macias in the 44th minute of play. In the 45th minute, Farid Fari left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atlantic Highlands AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ben Zenia to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Sofiane Macias lined in a short shot 0-3 behind a frustrated Abdelhamid Benhamou. Farid Fari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Abdelhamid Benhamou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Farid Fari in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abdelhamid Benhamou prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sofiane Macias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelhamid Benhamou having to interfere. If Rafik Aboulker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Abdelhamid Benhamou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafik Aboulker in the 61st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Houston defense, Rafik Aboulker kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abdelhamid Benhamou. The Houston fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abdelhamid Benhamou should have stopped the shot. After 67 played minutes Houston got a freekick which was hit by Fodil Achiu. In the 70th match minute, Atlantic Highlands AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafik Aboulker to maneuver through the defense. Mokdad Mansouri kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by Houston's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Farid Fari was slow to take the kick. During this time Atlantic Highlands AFC's players had a chance to rest. Houston's Abdelhamid Benhamou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mansour Zahouania in the 83rd minute of play. Atlantic Highlands AFC's Sofiane Macias got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Houston's Abdelhamid Benhamou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Farid Fari in the 87th minute of play. Abdelhamid Benhamou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Farid Fari's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. With his leg Abdelhamid Benhamou managed to avoid a goal in the 91stth minute, when Atlantic Highlands AFC's Mansour Zahouania fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ahmed Reda Bouzid during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ahmed Reda Bouzid kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Atlantic Highlands AFC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Houston.