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Skulls Garden
Spectators: 9339 (Terracing: 7000, Seating: 2153, VIP seats: 186) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Redha Hadj Aïssa took the kick off in the first half of the match. Junction City FC's Mahieddine Djeballi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kasdi Abrika in the 6th minute of play. Mahieddine Djeballi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthar Mhenni in the 10th minute of the match. In the 10th play minute Anthar Mhenni came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Mahieddine Djeballi. 1-0. Skulls FC's Chen Qi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haroldo Bonifaco in the 15th minute of play. Junction City FC's Mahieddine Djeballi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Junction City FC from getting a goal against them. 19 minutes into the match, Djabir Belmadi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mahieddine Djeballi. Junction City FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Djabir Belmadi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Mahieddine Djeballi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Skulls FC's Anthar Mhenni shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 29 minutes into the match, Kasdi Abrika had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mahieddine Djeballi. Junction City FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kasdi Abrika was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Kasdi Abrika could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Mahieddine Djeballi made a huge save. Anthar Mhenni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahieddine Djeballi having to interfere. In the 37th minute Salah Hamouda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mahieddine Djeballi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Salah Hamouda came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Skulls 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 Salah Hamouda couldn't finish the play. In the 40th match minute, Skulls FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salah Ahmed to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes into the match, Skulls FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rachid Ali came free, but Chen Qi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Anthar Mhenni in the 48th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mahieddine Djeballi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anthar Mhenni to strike the kick off in the second half. Chen Qi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Haroldo Bonifaco, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthar Mhenni in the 54th minute of play forced Junction City FC's goalkeeper Mahieddine Djeballi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Chen Qi managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when Junction City FC's Redha Hadj Aïssa fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Junction City FC's Nasserredine Sam managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Kamel Zaaf in the 63 minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Anthar Mhenni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mahieddine Djeballi was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Chen Qi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Haroldo Bonifaco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Skulls FC's Anthar Mhenni in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Junction City FC's goalie prevented a goal. 78 minutes into the match, Anthar Mhenni had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mahieddine Djeballi. Junction City FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anthar Mhenni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Mahieddine Djeballi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthar Mhenni in the 83rd minute of the match. Redha Hadj Aïssa hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the game, Mebarek Yacine cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Mahieddine Djeballi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 88 played minutes Junction City FC got a freekick which was hit by Ali Said. 90 minutes into the match, Junction City FC's Haroldo Bonifaco sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Chen Qi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Kamel Zaaf in the 94th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Junction City FC's Nasserredine Sam. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Skulls FC had played much better football throughout.