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Wallasey Park
Spectators: 6740 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ahmed Reda made the kick off which started today's match. After 9 minutes of play, Wickersley United's Amine Amri made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Makhlouf Moussa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cheikh Belaout fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chawki Khendu having to interfere. When Amine Amri came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Wickersley United 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 Amine Amri couldn't finish the play. Ahmed Reda struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Chawki Khendu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Wallasey FC. With a little luck, Wickersley United's Chawki Khendu got control of the ball when Cheikh Belaout tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amine Amri in the 29th minute of play forced Wallasey FC's goalkeeper Makhlouf Moussa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 30 minutes, Abdessalem Boukhari mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Wallasey FC and the Wickersley United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 31st minute, Abdessalem Boukhari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Affi Ghanem in the 31st minute of play forced Wallasey FC's goalkeeper Makhlouf Moussa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chawki Khendu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmed Reda, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Amine Amri during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 34 played minutes Wickersley United got a freekick which was hit by Amine Amri. Wallasey FC's Malik Ben Arfa couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 35th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Wickersley United. Cheikh Belaout received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Chawki Khendu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 39th match minute, Wickersley United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abderrahmane Belloumi to maneuver through the defense. After 41 minutes of play Wickersley United's Amine Amri was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After recieving a nice pass, Wallasey FC's Malik Ben Arfa tried to score from far away in the 42nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Abderrahmane Belloumi's late challenge caught a Wallasey FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abderrahmane Belloumi helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Abderrahmane Belloumi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 48th minute, Ahmed Reda fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abderrahmane Belloumi to make the kick off. Ahmed Reda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Chawki Khendu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60th match minute, Wickersley United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chokri Ouadah to maneuver through the defense. When Chokri Ouadah fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Wickersley United's protests and gave Chokri Ouadah a yellow card for diving instead. In the 63rd minute, one of Wickersley United:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Wickersley United. 69 minutes into the match, Wickersley United's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmed Reda came free, but Chawki Khendu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ahmed Reda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Ahmed Reda came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Wallasey FC 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 Ahmed Reda couldn't finish the play. Chawki Khendu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cheikh Belaout went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 86 minutes into the match, Ahmed Reda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chawki Khendu. Wickersley United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ahmed Reda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 88th minute, Ahmed Reda 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. Chakib Ben Khalidi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chawki Khendu having to interfere. Wallasey FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.