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Newton Aycliffe Stad
Spectators: 6732 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fethi Sellami got the match started through his kick off. Mohieddine Achab hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute, Fethi Sellami 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. Muhammad Abdi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Hedi Amira Thabet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hichem Ghigani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Newton Aycliffe booed when Chaffley was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jamel Jelassi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mohamed Ali Trabelsi kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. 26 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Chaffley's Fethi Sellami fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Jose Dhahri was extremely unlucky when he, in the 33rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Hedi Amira Thabet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Muhammad Abdi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aziz Habib Benfrej showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jose Dhahri, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Hedi Amira Thabet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Muhammad Abdi in the 43rd minute of play. Chaffley's Aziz Habib Benfrej proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Chaffley from getting a goal against them. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jose Dhahri stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Muhammad Abdi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chaffley's supporters rose to their feet, but Muhammad Abdi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hedi Amira Thabet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hedi Amira Thabet didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Muhammad Abdi went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Michel Braiek charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Michel Braiek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 60th match minute, Newton Aycliffe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michel Braiek to maneuver through the defense. If Fethi Sellami had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 66 minutes into the match, Newton Aycliffe's goal looked a bit too open when Fethi Sellami came free, but Hedi Amira Thabet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Walid Saidi hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Hedi Amira Thabet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Muhammad Abdi in the 67th minute. Hedi Amira Thabet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fethi Sellami's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. In the 71st minute, Muhammad 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. Chaffley's Fethi Sellami got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Fethi Sellami received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Hedi Amira Thabet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Chaffley's zone, Hichem Ghigani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aziz Habib Benfrej came out of the goal and Hichem Ghigani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jose Dhahri in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aziz Habib Benfrej saved Chaffley from getting behind. Fethi Sellami was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 94th minute. Chaffley's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 95th match minute, Newton Aycliffe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohieddine Achab to maneuver through the defense. When the final whistle sounded Chaffley left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Newton Aycliffe.