League

Amesbury
Spectators: 6700 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1697, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mustapha Zenia got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Alain Brahimi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Amesbury FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Alain Brahimi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hocine Belkheir breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fadhil Hanin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mahmoud Amrouche struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Amar Belmadi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Warrenton. Walid Bougherra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amar Belmadi having to interfere. Walid Bougherra struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Amar Belmadi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Warrenton. In the 27th match minute, Amesbury FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustapha Cohen to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute, Mustapha Cohen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hocine Belkheir was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mustapha Zenia showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 31 minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Mahmoud Amrouche had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Amar Belmadi. Amesbury FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mahmoud Amrouche was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 40th match minute, Warrenton was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hakim Hindi to maneuver through the defense. Walid Bougherra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hocine Belkheir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alain Brahimi in the 48th minute of play. Hocine Belkheir was a little too slow when Mustapha Zenia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 48th minute. The score was now 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Walid Bougherra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amar Belmadi having to interfere. Hocine Belkheir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alain Brahimi, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After some careless play in the Warrenton defense, Alain Brahimi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hocine Belkheir. The Warrenton fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hocine Belkheir should have stopped the shot. After 72 minutes of play, Warrenton's Walid Bougherra made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amar Belmadi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Amar Belmadi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mahmoud Amrouche in the 79th minute of play. In the 84th minute, Mahmoud Amrouche 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. Amesbury FC's Alain Brahimi got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hocine Belkheir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustapha Zenia in the 96th minute of the match. Amesbury FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Warrenton for a fine match.