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Witham Park
Spectators: 6732 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mohamed Ali Jelassi got the match started through his kick off. Witham's Abdallah Makni got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Wissem Ben Amor fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Witham's protests and gave Wissem Ben Amor a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Eastfield FC booed when Witham was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wissem Ben Amor didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Michel Bassir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 10th minute, Abdallah Makni 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. After 13 played minutes Witham got a freekick which was hit by Michel Bassir . Michel Bassir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Abdallah Makni kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Oussama Hadji. That made the score 1-0 in the 16 minute of play. Hedi Melki took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 20th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mongi Karoui. Witham's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Michel Bassir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Witham's Mongi Karoui played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yassine Omrani in the 24th minute of play. In the 36th minute, Mohamed Ali Jelassi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eastfield FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After some careless play in the Witham defense, Yassine Omrani kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mongi Karoui. The Witham fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mongi Karoui should have stopped the shot. Michel Bassir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Oussama Hadji made a huge save. Michel Bassir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oussama Hadji having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdallah Makni stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 57th match minute, Witham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michel Bassir to maneuver through the defense. Abdallah Makni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Witham's Mongi Karoui proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Witham from getting a goal against them. Mongi Karoui made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Yassine Omrani sent off a good shot on target. Wissem Ben Amor kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Yassine Omrani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Mongi Karoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yassine Omrani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mongi Karoui having to interfere. A collision led to Eastfield FC getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Abdallah Ben Fadhel hit a great ball. Abdallah Makni might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Oussama Hadji. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abdallah Makni ran back to his position shaking his head. Oussama Hadji didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abdallah Makni went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Michel Bassir struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Oussama Hadji didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Witham. A collision led to Eastfield FC getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Abdallah Ben Fadhel hit a great ball. Michel Bassir received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Oussama Hadji tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Witham's zone, Yassine Omrani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mongi Karoui came out of the goal and Yassine Omrani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mohamed Ali Jelassi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mongi Karoui having to interfere. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.