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Fulbourn
Spectators: 6748 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1748, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aydril Sadmi kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute Amzun Guerrache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nadji Mérah-Benida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Fulbourn City's Hadi Ben Cherif got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 15th minute, Okacha Fillali hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 17 played minutes Cheltenham FC got a freekick which was hit by Jawed Derrida. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aydril Sadmi in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zine-Eddine Hamdani saved Cheltenham FC from getting behind. If Aydril Sadmi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Amzun Guerrache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Amzun Guerrache in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nadji Mérah-Benida saved Fulbourn City from getting behind. If Amine Ben Khalidi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hadi Ben Cherif's late challenge caught a Cheltenham FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hadi Ben Cherif helped the player get up and apologised. In the 43rd minute, Hadi Ben Cherif hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nadji Mérah-Benida came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Cheltenham FC's Amine Ben Khalidi. But to his dismay, Amine Ben Khalidi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After the first half Cheltenham FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Amine Ben Khalidi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Aydril Sadmi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Amine Ben Khalidi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Nadji Mérah-Benida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Aydril Sadmi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 65 minutes into the game, Aydril Sadmi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Zine-Eddine Hamdani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zine-Eddine Hamdani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aydril Sadmi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amine Ben Khalidi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Nadji Mérah-Benida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th match minute, Fulbourn City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Zouba to maneuver through the defense. Cheltenham FC's Amzun Guerrache got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fulbourn City's Nadji Mérah-Benida proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Fulbourn City from getting a goal against them. Belaid Bachtobji took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 92nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zine-Eddine Hamdani. Cheltenham FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The Cheltenham FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Fulbourn City from taking control. The game ends in a draw.