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Cleethorpes Stadium
Spectators: 6729 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 0) Wissem Djait started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute, Wissem Djait 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. Wissem Djait sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cleethorpes FC's Karim Merdassi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Ali Riza in the 9th minute of play. Cleethorpes FC's Karim Merdassi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Ali Riza in the 12th minute of play. St.Bees's Moez Sfar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save St.Bees from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Cleethorpes FC's zone, Sahbi Dhiab stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karim Merdassi came out of the goal and Sahbi Dhiab tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sahbi Dhiab blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Karim Merdassi having to make a save. Sahbi Dhiab received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Karim Merdassi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of St.Bees booed when Cleethorpes FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shuaibu Naouali didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Shuaibu Naouali fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cleethorpes FC's protests and gave Shuaibu Naouali a yellow card for diving instead. In the 25th minute, Shuaibu Naouali hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karim Merdassi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Ali Riza in the 26th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sahbi Dhiab's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karim Merdassi was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. With his leg Moez Sfar managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Cleethorpes FC's Rachid Fergani fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Sahbi Dhiab fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Merdassi having to interfere. Rachid Fergani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moez Sfar having to interfere. Wissem Djait received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Moez Sfar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Karim Merdassi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sahbi Dhiab, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sahbi Dhiab stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fahed Agrebi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moez Sfar having to interfere. 55 minutes in the game, Sahbi Dhiab fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Karim Merdassi having to interfere. Ali Ali Riza succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-1 in the 57th playminute. Karim Merdassi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sahbi Dhiab in the 61st minute of the match. Karim Merdassi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ali Ali Riza in the 63rd minute. Wissem Djait fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moez Sfar having to interfere. If Wissem Djait had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ali Ali Riza got free with Karim Merdassi in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Cleethorpes FC's zone, Laaroussi Dahmani stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karim Merdassi came out of the goal and Laaroussi Dahmani tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Cleethorpes FC defense, Ali Ali Riza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Karim Merdassi. The Cleethorpes FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Karim Merdassi should have stopped the shot. If Wissem Djait had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th match minute, St.Bees was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehdi Souayah to maneuver through the defense. St.Bees's Moez Sfar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fahed Agrebi in the 88th minute of play. Sahbi Dhiab was extremely unlucky when he, in the 91st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Ali Ali Riza managed to get in a good position for a shot. St.Bees's supporters rose to their feet, but Ali Ali Riza was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Karim Merdassi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Adel Agrebi charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adel Agrebi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Karim Merdassi went to the wrong direction when Anis Tlili was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. A hard shot 98 in the game by Ali Ali Riza from a close distance when the talented Karim Merdassi managed to make a qualified save. Cleethorpes FC's players were relieved. St.Bees's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.