League

Cottage Grove
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Kusaisanke's Hannes Järve started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Kusaisanke getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Mourad Sellal hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hannes Järve in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Liamine Achiou prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hannes Järve in the 16th minute of play forced Cottage Grove's goalkeeper Liamine Achiou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 17 minutes, Abd al-Asis Chebal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cottage Grove and the Kusaisanke players grew even worse after the yellow card. Abd al-Asis Chebal hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Liamine Achiou didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Kusaisanke's Hannes Järve shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Cottage Grove's Liamine Achiou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hannes Järve in the 29th minute of play. Djamel Aarache's late challenge caught a Kusaisanke's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Djamel Aarache helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th match minute, Cottage Grove was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Djamel Aarache to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Cottage Grove's zone, Hannes Järve stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Liamine Achiou came out of the goal and Hannes Järve tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Rabah Aït Salem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Liamine Achiou was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. If Rabah Aït Salem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

In the 53rd minute, Kusaisanke's Mourad Sellal dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Rabah Aït Salem might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Liamine Achiou. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rabah Aït Salem ran back to his position shaking his head. Kusaisanke were awarded a corner in the 68th minute after Cottage Grove's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Rafik Zoheir Fanon took the corner. Kusaisanke's Hannes Järve was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Liamine Achiou in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Liamine Achiou was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Hannes Järve showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 72 minute of play. A collision led to Kusaisanke getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Abd el Zarabi hit a great ball. In the 82nd minute Hannes Järve shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Liamine Achiou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdel Karim Lamine kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 85th minute, Rabah Aït Salem 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. In the 97th minute of the match Chaba Harkouk shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Liamine Achiou showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Kusaisanke's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.