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Clapham Park
Spectators: 6739 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 0) After 2 minutes, Sofiane Piaf mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Clapham and the Radlett players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Clapham's Sofiane Piaf got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After 6 minutes, Hikmet Hanous mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Radlett and the Clapham players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hikmet Hanous kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Zoheir Klouchi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Youssef Hamdani was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. 11 minutes into the match, Adib Belmellat notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Radlett's Mouley Kensi. Mouley Kensi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Yacine Benguesmia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Youssef Hamdani read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Aberkane Meknassa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Youssef Hamdani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yacine Benguesmia in the 24th minute of the match. When Zoheir Klouchi came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Radlett 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 Zoheir Klouchi couldn't finish the play. Yacine Benguesmia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Youssef Hamdani having to interfere. Aberkane Meknassa might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mouley Kensi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aberkane Meknassa ran back to his position shaking his head. Mouley Kensi made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Adib Belmellat sent off a good shot on target. 41 minutes into the match, Clapham's Adib Belmellat sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mouley Kensi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Yacine Benguesmia made a kick off. Mouley Kensi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aberkane Meknassa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adib Belmellat kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Radlett's zone, Adib Belmellat stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mouley Kensi came out of the goal and Adib Belmellat tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Youcef Benflis's late challenge caught a Clapham's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Youcef Benflis helped the player get up and apologised. Youcef Benflis kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Sofiane Piaf hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Aberkane Meknassa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mouley Kensi having to interfere. In the 69th minute, Gebril Chaouche hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Clapham's Aberkane Meknassa in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Radlett's goalie prevented a goal. Youssef Hamdani was a little too slow when Yacine Benguesmia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 76th minute. The score was now 1-1. Aberkane Meknassa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 87 minutes of play Radlett's Hikmet Hanous 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 88 played minutes Radlett got a freekick which was hit by Hikmet Hanous. Radlett's Mouley Kensi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adib Belmellat in the 90th minute of play. After some careless play in the Radlett defense, Aberkane Meknassa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mouley Kensi. The Radlett fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mouley Kensi should have stopped the shot.