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Spring Lake
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yahia Boniche got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Spring Lake's Mohammed Ramdani got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Abderaouf Brahimi came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Trevorton FC's Rachid Mammeri. But to his dismay, Rachid Mammeri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Abderaouf Brahimi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khair ad-Din Makkeb, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rachid Mammeri in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abderaouf Brahimi saved Spring Lake from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Spring Lake's François Boudiaf got a free kick in the 18th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Khair ad-Din Makkeb in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abderaouf Brahimi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rachid Mammeri in the 24th minute of play forced Spring Lake's goalkeeper Abderaouf Brahimi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hachemi Benmabrouk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Farès Bougherra having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Smail Radjef during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Trevorton FC's Smail Radjef got a free kick in the 31st minute. Hachemi Benmabrouks short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Farès Bougherra to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Spring Lake's Hachemi Benmabrouk got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Khair ad-Din Makkeb sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rachid Mammeri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abderaouf Brahimi having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Khair ad-Din Makkeb notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Spring Lake's Abderaouf Brahimi. Abderaouf Brahimi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rachid Mammeri to strike the kick off in the second half. Farès Bougherra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmed Medjiba, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 54th minute Hachemi Benmabrouk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Farès Bougherra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Smail Radjef hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hachemi Benmabrouk in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Farès Bougherra saved Trevorton FC from getting behind. Abderaouf Brahimi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Khair ad-Din Makkeb in the 66th minute. Farès Bougherra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hachemi Benmabrouk in the 69th minute of the match. In the 71st minute Rachid Mammeri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abderaouf Brahimi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Khair ad-Din Makkeb was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 78th minute. Trevorton FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Khair ad-Din Makkeb sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hachemi Benmabrouk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Farès Bougherra having to interfere. 85 minutes into the match, Spring Lake's goalkeeper Abderaouf Brahimi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Khair ad-Din Makkeb. Trevorton FC's Farès Bougherra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yahia Boniche in the 87th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, François Boudiaf managed to get in a good position for a shot. Spring Lake's supporters rose to their feet, but François Boudiaf was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Farès Bougherra breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Trevorton FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Trevorton FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.