League

New Romney Park
Spectators: 6739 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lotfi Ladgham took the kick off in the first half of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fraj Meriah during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 9 played minutes Acton got a freekick which was hit by Fraj Meriah. After a defensive mix-up in New Romney City's zone, Lotfi Ladgham stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Salah Khayachi came out of the goal and Lotfi Ladgham tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 15th match minute, New Romney City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karim Salhia to maneuver through the defense. Ahmed Slimane 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. Issam Rokki came free with the goalkeeper in the 24th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Iteb Badra could save by the left post. The supporters of New Romney City booed when Acton was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hamza Chikhaoui didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 28th minute, Ahmed Slimane reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Iteb Badra . The goal made the score 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mustafa Ben Kerrit in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Salah Khayachi saved New Romney City from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Slimane in the 44th minute of play forced Acton's goalkeeper Iteb Badra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Salah Khayachi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lotfi Ladgham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ahmed Slimane made a kick off. 57 minutes into the match, New Romney City's goalkeeper Salah Khayachi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lotfi Ladgham. Issam Rokki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iteb Badra having to interfere. When New Romney City's Issam Rokki in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Acton's goalie prevented a goal. In the 69thth minute of the game Issam Rokki who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Acton's Iteb Badra was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Lotfi Ladgham came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Acton 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 Lotfi Ladgham couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lotfi Ladgham during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Acton getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Lotfi Ladgham hit a great ball. Ahmed Slimane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Iteb Badra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Ahmed Slimane managed to get in a good position for a shot. New Romney City's supporters rose to their feet, but Ahmed Slimane was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Iteb Badra breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ahmed Slimane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Iteb Badra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Issam Rokki in the 86th minute of play forced Acton's goalkeeper Iteb Badra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, Mustafa Ben Kerrit had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Salah Khayachi. New Romney City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mustafa Ben Kerrit was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 95 minutes into the match, Mustafa Ben Kerrit had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Salah Khayachi. New Romney City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mustafa Ben Kerrit was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. The Acton players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented New Romney City from taking control. The game ends in a draw.