League

Gettysburg
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Wind Point's Mustapha Merah-Benida started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ahmed Moll showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nasreddine Ghozali in the 5th minute of the match. Kasdi Mohamed blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sofiane Guessoum having to make a save. 13 minutes into the game, Youssef Souakri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Sofiane Guessoum was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Amar Kourichi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Sofiane Guessoum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the game, Wind Point's Nasreddine Ghozali nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmed Moll made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. 27 minutes into the match, Gettysburg's goal looked a bit too open when Nasreddine Ghozali came free, but Ahmed Moll reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Camel Meniri in the 29th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gettysburg's Youssef Souakri. 31 minutes into the match, Mustapha Merah-Benida had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ahmed Moll. Gettysburg's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mustapha Merah-Benida was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. 36 minutes into the game, Abdel Hamid Bensaoula cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Ahmed Moll was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 45 minutes into the game, Wind Point's Mustapha Merah-Benida nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmed Moll made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kasdi Mohamed to strike the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Abdel Hamid Bensaoula kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ahmed Moll. That made the score 1-5 in the 52 minute of play. After 55 played minutes Wind Point got a freekick which was hit by Medjadi Beloufa. Kasdi Mohamed received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Sofiane Guessoum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Kasdi Mohamed had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 73 played minutes Gettysburg got a freekick which was hit by Samir Adjaoud. Fadhil Ben Khalidi kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. With a little luck, Gettysburg's Ahmed Moll got control of the ball when Medjadi Beloufa tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th minute of the match Benamar Piaf shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sofiane Guessoum showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 88 minutes of play, Gettysburg's Kasdi Mohamed made it 2-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sofiane Guessoum was left in no man's land by his defense there! Camel Meniri made in the 91st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Abdel Hamid Bensaoula. After 92 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Gettysburg! The Gettysburg fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Wind Point were clearly better and deserved to take the win.