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Cocoa West Park
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Hicham Merah-Benida made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 9th minute Thelma Menad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rabah Aït Salem saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 16 minutes of play, gunners fc's Thelma Menad made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rabah Aït Salem was left in no man's land by his defense there! 25 minutes into the game, Dida Hadjadj was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cocoa West's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave gunners fc the free kick. The supporters of gunners fc booed when Cocoa West was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dida Hadjadj didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thelma Menad in the 27th minute of play forced Cocoa West's goalkeeper Rabah Aït Salem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute of the match Ahmed Khendu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rabah Aït Salem showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Kader Boulebda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Mohamed Ben Chaib tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cocoa West's Rabah Aït Salem played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thelma Menad in the 34th minute of play. Thelma Menad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rabah Aït Salem having to interfere. Thelma Menad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Rabah Aït Salem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Faouzi Brahimi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Thelma Menad to strike the kick off in the second half. Thelma Menad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Rabah Aït Salem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 69 minutes, Thelma Menad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. gunners fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thelma Menad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 73 minutes, Thelma Menad made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Cocoa West's Rabah Aït Salem tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nordine Khelaifia received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rabah Aït Salem came out and tried to block the shot, but Nordine Khelaifia slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 77th minute. After having played for 82 minutes, Thelma Menad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. gunners fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thelma Menad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Hicham Merah-Benida came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Cocoa West 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 Hicham Merah-Benida couldn't finish the play. Faouzi Brahimi kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. gunners fc's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.