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Crouch End Park
Spectators: 6740 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 0) Ahmed Sellami made the kick off and thus started the match. Adel Amri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hassan Benachour, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Karim Jaïdi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Albert Yahia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sabri Ben Ammar in the 11th minute of play forced Cheadle's goalkeeper Adel Amri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ali Hedi Jedidi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adel Amri having to interfere. If Karim Jaïdi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Faouzi Ben Yahia charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Faouzi Ben Yahia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 16th minute, one of Crouch End:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Crouch End. The referee gave Cheadle a penalty, 18 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Haythem Koissy, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Crouch End's Albert Yahia. 0-1. A collision led to Cheadle getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Ahmed Sellami hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute, Ahmed Sellami ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Albert Yahia was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 27 minutes into the match, Ali Hedi Jedidi notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Cheadle's Adel Amri. Adel Amri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 34th minute, Crouch End's Hassan Benachour dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. Adel Amri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sabri Ben Ammar in the 37th minute of play. With a little luck, Cheadle's Adel Amri got control of the ball when Ali Hedi Jedidi tried to sneak it across the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sabri Ben Ammar to strike the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes, José Guelbi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cheadle and the Crouch End players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 51 played minutes Cheadle got a freekick which was hit by José Guelbi. Ahmed Sellami fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albert Yahia having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ahmed Sellami's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Albert Yahia was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. In the 67th minute, Sabri Ben Ammar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adel Amri was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-2. In the 74th minute Sabri Ben Ammar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adel Amri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Crouch End booed when Cheadle was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mohamed Ghodhbane didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 78 minutes, Sabri Ben Ammar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Crouch End's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sabri Ben Ammar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Abdelaziz Khayachi fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Crouch End's protests and gave Abdelaziz Khayachi a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Crouch End fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 81st minute. Penalty! After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Karim Jaïdi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cheadle's supporters rose to their feet, but Karim Jaïdi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Albert Yahia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Karim Jaïdi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Albert Yahia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Karim Jaïdi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 97th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Crouch End fans cheered their team off the field, for while Cheadle had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.