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Castletown Park
Spectators: 6727 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 0) Hassene Abdelkader received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Hamza Sfar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 4 minutes into the match, Arnold City's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Essediri came free, but Paulo Bourguiba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6thth minute of the game Hassene Abdelkader who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Castletown's Hamza Sfar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Hassene Abdelkader's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hamza Sfar was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. In the 8th minute Hassene Abdelkader shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hamza Sfar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lotfi Mrabet succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 10th playminute. Adel Makhlouf charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adel Makhlouf the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ali Essediri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Lotfi Mrabet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Ali Essediri took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Paulo Bourguiba to make any attempt to save it. Bechir Badra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamza Sfar having to interfere. Lotfi Mrabet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 38th minute, Bahi Zaalani 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. After having played for 40 minutes, Hassene Abdelkader managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arnold City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hassene Abdelkader was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 44th minute Bechir Badra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hamza Sfar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hassene Abdelkader sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hassene Abdelkader to make the kick off. Hamza Sfar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hassene Abdelkader, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 54th minute Ali Essediri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Bourguiba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Castletown's Hamza Sfar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hassene Abdelkader in the 69th minute of play. Ali Essediri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulo Bourguiba having to interfere. Hassene Abdelkader sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hamza Sfar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hassene Abdelkader, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 88th minute Ali Essediri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Bourguiba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Arnold City booed when Castletown was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hédi M'henni didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92nd minute, Bechir Badra made a precise shot to the right of Hamza Sfar. Castletown's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1.