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Gulf Park Estates St
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Chaba Boulebda started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 8 minutes into the match, Peapack and Gladstone FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mokdad Gallaire came free, but Reda Guendouz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Reda Guendouz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Knodi Benhamou showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Peapack and Gladstone FC's Chaba Boulebda got a free kick in the 13th minute. Chakib Drid fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reda Guendouz having to interfere. 25 minutes into the match, Gulf Park Estates's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmed Kouidri came free, but Mahmoud Tahar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ahmed Kouidri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mahmoud Tahar was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Chaba Boulebda's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mahmoud Tahar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. After 28 played minutes Gulf Park Estates got a freekick which was hit by Rachid Baba Ali Djura. Ahmed Kouidri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahmoud Tahar having to interfere. Peapack and Gladstone FC's Reda Guendouz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Peapack and Gladstone FC from getting a goal against them. Mahmoud Tahar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chaba Boulebda in the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Mokdad Gallaire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reda Guendouz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Gulf Park Estates's Mokdad Gallaire in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Peapack and Gladstone FC's goalie prevented a goal. Reda Guendouz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mokdad Gallaire, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Mahmoud Tahar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmed Kouidri in the 41st minute of play. If Chaba Boulebda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gulf Park Estates's Mahmoud Tahar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmed Kouidri in the 45th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

After a rather tough play, Peapack and Gladstone FC's Yacine Timsit got a free kick in the 50th minute. In the 58th minute, Mokdad Gallaire 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. The audience was convinced that Mokdad Gallaire's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Reda Guendouz was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Ahmed Kouidri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Mahmoud Tahar made a huge save. If Chaba Boulebda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The long shot by Mounir Adjani in the 67th minute really tested Mahmoud Tahar's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Mahmoud Tahar was a little too slow when Chaba Boulebda got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 68th minute. The score was now 2-1. After a rather tough play, Gulf Park Estates's Rachid Baba Ali Djura got a free kick in the 71st minute. In the 77th minute Chaba Boulebda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mahmoud Tahar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 84th minute, Knodi Benhamou 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. Mahmoud Tahar made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Ahmed Kouidri sent off a good shot on target. Knodi Benhamou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Reda Guendouz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmed Kouidri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Mahmoud Tahar made a huge save. Ahmed Kouidri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Peapack and Gladstone FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.