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Ilfracombe
Spectators: 6734 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Baddi El Moubarek kicked off to start the match. Baddi El Moubarek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Antar Bouteflika tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Ilfracombe City's Nourredine Madjer slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hafs Semghouni. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. After 12 played minutes Ilfracombe City got a freekick which was hit by Malik Zenia. Bilal Fadhil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Hafs Semghouni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Ilfracombe City booed when Leominster was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chaba Tayebi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bilal Fadhil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Hafs Semghouni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bilal Fadhil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abderazak Faudel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute, Adid Amrouni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Leominster getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Jussef Meknassa hit a great ball. In the 46th minute, Ilfracombe City's Bilal Fadhil dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bilal Fadhil to strike the kick off in the second half. Hafs Semghouni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bilal Fadhil, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Baddi El Moubarek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Antar Bouteflika tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Ilfracombe City's Zidan Benhamou got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 66th minute, Bilal Fadhil left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ilfracombe City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Hafs Semghouni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abderazak Faudel in the 73rd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Leominster's goal looked a bit too open when Bilal Fadhil came free, but Hafs Semghouni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jawed Raïs might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Antar Bouteflika. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jawed Raïs ran back to his position shaking his head. Bayna Bouchemla hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Antar Bouteflika made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Jawed Raïs sent off a good shot on target. Leominster's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rahim Bouguerra in the 87th minute. Ilfracombe City's Abderazak Faudel got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hafs Semghouni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bilal Fadhil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jawed Raïs recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 99th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ilfracombe City were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Leominster for a fine match.