League

Westville
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sid Lacen started the match with the kick off. Tayeb Boulmerka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Houari Hamdani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 10 minutes into the match, Big Bear City AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Sid Lacen came free, but El Rahouli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Rachid Achiu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of El Rahouli. Big Bear City AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rachid Achiu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 15 minutes into the match, Westville AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Lakhdar Fanon came free, but Houari Hamdani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Lakhdar Fanon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Big Bear City AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Lakhdar Fanon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Houari Hamdani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Westville AFC's Houari Hamdani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lakhdar Fanon in the 23rd minute of play. Rachid Achiu struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. El Rahouli didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Westville AFC. Sid Lacen struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. El Rahouli didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Westville AFC. Lakhdar Fanon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Houari Hamdani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th match minute, Westville AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmed Abdi to maneuver through the defense. 35 minutes into the match, Westville AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Lakhdar Fanon came free, but Houari Hamdani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute Sid Lacen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but El Rahouli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. El Rahouli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sid Lacen in the 43rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sid Lacen in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg El Rahouli saved Big Bear City AFC from getting behind. El Rahouli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rachid Achiu went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lakhdar Fanon was the one to do the kick off. El Rahouli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mimoun Ouid Khaldi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee felt a red card was in order, 54 minutes into the game, when Kassel el Ibrahimi put in a rough tackle. After 52 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Big Bear City AFC! In the 55th minute there was a penalty for Westville AFC. Hicham Boulmerka stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving El Rahouli. 3-0. Big Bear City AFC's El Rahouli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rachid Achiu in the 62nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Tayeb Boulmerka managed to get in a good position for a shot. Big Bear City AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Tayeb Boulmerka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Houari Hamdani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Westville AFC's Rachid Achiu got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rachid Achiu 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. Mohamed Fadhil Mohamed hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Big Bear City AFC's El Rahouli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sid Lacen in the 78th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sid Lacen in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg El Rahouli saved Big Bear City AFC from getting behind. Sid Lacen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. El Rahouli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.