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Jacksboro
Spectators: 6690 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cheb Meskine started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the game, Fouad Matmour was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sherman's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jacksboro AFC the free kick. In the 7th minute, Fouad Matmour hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hakim Messaoud received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Menad Mecherara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dida Abdenouz struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Rachid Baba Ali Souakri didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Jacksboro AFC. Rachid Baba Ali Souakri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cheb Meskine, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jacksboro AFC's Menad Mecherara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Soltani Belaout in the 24th minute of play. After 25 played minutes Jacksboro AFC got a freekick which was hit by Soltani Baroudi. Hakim Messaoud received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Menad Mecherara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Soltani Belaout received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Menad Mecherara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st minute, Hakim Messaoud left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sherman fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Dida Abdenouz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Rachid Baba Ali Souakri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cheb Meskine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cheb Meskine in the 44th minute of play forced Sherman's goalkeeper Rachid Baba Ali Souakri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hakim Messaoud was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute Soltani Belaout collided with an opponent which caused him a fractured collar bone. When the match had been going on for 54 minutes, Sherman's Hamid Hanister got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Menad Mecherara. When Dida Abdenouz came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Jacksboro AFC 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 Dida Abdenouz couldn't finish the play. Hocine Reda Madouni charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hocine Reda Madouni the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Hocine Reda Madouni kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Menad Mecherara didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hakim Messaoud went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Cheb Meskine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cheb Meskine in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rachid Baba Ali Souakri prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 77 minutes into the game, Hakim Messaoud cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Menad Mecherara was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 81 played minutes, Jacksboro AFC's Madhi Hima shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rachid Baba Ali Souakri came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Jacksboro AFC reached it. After a defensive mix-up in Jacksboro AFC's zone, Hakim Messaoud stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Menad Mecherara came out of the goal and Hakim Messaoud tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 95th minute Hakim Messaoud shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menad Mecherara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 97th play minute Yacine Douibi came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Menad Mecherara. 0-7.