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Crouch End Park
Spectators: 6722 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sofiene Clayton took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mohamed Cherif received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Albert Yahia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Openshaw United's Mohamed Abdi got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 10 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Sofiene Clayton sped through Crouch End's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Albert Yahia. In the 14th minute, Ali Hedi Jedidi made a precise shot to the right of Habib Zouiten. Openshaw United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Ali Hedi Jedidi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Crouch End's Ali Hedi Jedidi pulled a muscle in his leg after 37 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 37 minutes, Chaker Soussia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Openshaw United and the Crouch End players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 38th match minute, Openshaw United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chaker Soussia to maneuver through the defense. Sofiene Clayton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Albert Yahia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Mohamed Abdi 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. If Mohamed Abdi 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sabri Ben Ammar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Mohamed Abdi came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Openshaw United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mohamed Abdi couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sabri Ben Ammar in the 61st minute of play forced Openshaw United's goalkeeper Habib Zouiten to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Openshaw United getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Mohamed Salah Ben Souissi hit a great ball. After 65 played minutes, Crouch End's Abdallah Dhahri shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Habib Zouiten came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Crouch End reached it. Thanks to some nice moves Mohamed Abdi could shoot a difficult shot in the 69th minute, which Albert Yahia however easily saved by the left post. In the 71st minute, Abdelkarim Aouichaoui hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Crouch End's Albert Yahia got control of the ball when Mohamed Abdi tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Crouch End booed when Openshaw United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Riadh El Hadrioui didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sabri Ben Ammar 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. Riadh Ayari blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Habib Zouiten having to make a save. Crouch End's Riadh Ayari got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sabri Ben Ammar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Habib Zouiten having to interfere. In the 91st match minute, Openshaw United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohamed Cherif to maneuver through the defense. After taking down the ball on Crouch End's corner Abdallah Dhahri fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Habib Zouiten quite easily take care of the ball. In the 97th minute, Sofiene Clayton 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. The Openshaw United players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Crouch End from taking control. The game ends in a draw.