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Husbands Bosworth
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Okacha Benguesmia started the match with the kick off. Bahi Reda Madouni hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Whitchurch United's Bahi Reda Madouni got a free kick in the 5th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Husbands Bosworth FC's Abdelatif Bendissari tried to score from far away in the 6th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Cheb Cohen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dida Hanous, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. A collision led to Whitchurch United getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Bouabdellah Bensaïd hit a great ball. Samy Amsallem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cheb Cohen having to interfere. In the 19th minute of the match Yannis Kourichi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ibrahim Mecherara showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Whitchurch United getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Yacoub Nasro hit a great ball. Okacha Benguesmia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The Whitchurch United fans' excitement grew in the 29th match minute when Whitchurch United's Okacha Benguesmia looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 40 minutes into the match, Whitchurch United's Okacha Benguesmia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ibrahim Mecherara narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Chaba Fari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dida Hanous stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Okacha Benguesmia was extremely unlucky when he, in the 56th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Husbands Bosworth FC's Ibrahim Mecherara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Husbands Bosworth FC from getting a goal against them. Whitchurch United's Chaba Fari got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Ibrahim Mecherara managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Whitchurch United's Chaba Fari fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cheb Cohen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dida Hanous, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 89 minutes into the game, one of Whitchurch United:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Whitchurch United:s Cheb Cohen showed great skill when he stopped Abdelatif Bendissari:s penalty. If Chaba Fari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chaba Fari could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 100th minute of the match, but Ibrahim Mecherara made a huge save.