League

Watton-at-Stone Park
Spectators: 6732 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abdallah Kasraoui made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamed Jemmali in the 9th minute of play forced Watton-at-Stone AFC's goalkeeper Oussama Beya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anouar Ouakili hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Hichem Mkacher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamdi Chedli having to interfere. Oussama Beya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmed Attouga in the 18th minute of play. Oussama Beya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hamed Jemmali, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. If Abdallah Kasraoui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abdallah Kasraoui struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Hamdi Chedli didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Watton-at-Stone AFC. Aymen Saber struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Oussama Beya didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Malmesbury. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Hamed Jemmali put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Oussama Beya . In the 39th minute, Ahmed Attouga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oussama Beya was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. If Ahmed Attouga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 46 minutes, Lotfi Mahouachi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Watton-at-Stone AFC and the Malmesbury players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lotfi Mahouachi kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ahmed Attouga stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute of the match, Ahmed Attouga tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Oussama Beya saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Malmesbury's Hamdi Chedli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hichem Mkacher in the 54th minute of play. Hamed Jemmali could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Oussama Beya made a huge save. In the 64th minute Hichem Mkacher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hamdi Chedli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hichem Mkacher in the 66th minute of play forced Malmesbury's goalkeeper Hamdi Chedli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hichem Mkacher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamdi Chedli having to interfere. After having played for 71 minutes, Abdallah Kasraoui managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Watton-at-Stone AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdallah Kasraoui 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 75th minute, Hichem Mkacher 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 Abdallah Kasraoui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmed Attouga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oussama Beya having to interfere. In the 88th minute, Ahmed Attouga 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. An unexpected shot in the 92nd minute by Hamed Jemmali got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. When Ahmed Attouga came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Malmesbury 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 Ahmed Attouga couldn't finish the play. The Malmesbury players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.