League

Margate Park
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Sawbridgeworth getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Habib Ali Sellimi hit a great ball. After 8 minutes, Adel Baya mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sawbridgeworth and the Margate players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Margate booed when Sawbridgeworth was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adel Baya didn't get a good kick on the ball. Margate's Haroune Benzekri was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jean al-Munsif Bey in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 12 minutes into the match, Sawbridgeworth's goal looked a bit too open when Abdelkarim Nafti came free, but Jean al-Munsif Bey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Abdelkarim Nafti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jean al-Munsif Bey was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. With a little luck, Sawbridgeworth's Jean al-Munsif Bey got control of the ball when Haroune Benzekri tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 18th minute, one of Sawbridgeworth:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Sawbridgeworth. Haroune Benzekri shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Hedi El Bez hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Blaise Rehouma fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raouf Mzali having to interfere. Blaise Rehouma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Raouf Mzali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Margate's Abdelkarim Nafti slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jean al-Munsif Bey. That made the score 1-0 after 28 minutes of play. Jean al-Munsif Bey made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ahmed Khcharem in the 31st minute. 33 minutes into the match, Sawbridgeworth's goalkeeper Jean al-Munsif Bey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ahmed Khcharem. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Riadh Saidi during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After having played for 35 minutes, Ahmed Khcharem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Margate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ahmed Khcharem was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 39 minutes into the match, Habib Ali Sellimi notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Margate's Raouf Mzali. Raouf Mzali was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jean al-Munsif Bey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdelkarim Nafti in the 42nd minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Blaise Rehouma made a kick off. Hedi Amira Karoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 55thth minute of the game Abdelkarim Nafti who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sawbridgeworth's Jean al-Munsif Bey was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Abdelkarim Nafti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, Sawbridgeworth's Raouf Mzali threw himself towards the right post 63 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Blaise Rehouma, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ahmed Khcharem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raouf Mzali didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 76th minute, which inside left pole to 1-2. When Hedi Amira Karoui came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Sawbridgeworth 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 Hedi Amira Karoui couldn't finish the play. In the 98th minute of the match Sawbridgeworth got a corner. Margate's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rachid Abdelmajid ran over to the corner to take the kick. When the final whistle sounded Sawbridgeworth left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Margate.