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Knapton
Spectators: 6748 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1748, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hamza Mestiri started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jamel Ghigani during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Knapton United's José Tonniche got a free kick in the 8th minute. Ali Chedli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Riadh Chikhaoui's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. Ayèche Mokthar kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Riadh Chikhaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Chedli having to interfere. New Ash Green United's Driss Ben Amor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamza Mestiri in the 16th minute of play. New Ash Green United's Driss Ben Amor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save New Ash Green United from getting a goal against them. Dhaker Boukadida kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Knapton United's goal looked a bit too open when Chaouki Ben Arfa came free, but Ali Chedli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 27 minutes, Driss Ben Amor successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a rather tough play, Knapton United's José Tonniche got a free kick in the 35th minute. 36 minutes into the match, Chaouki Ben Arfa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ali Chedli. Knapton United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chaouki Ben Arfa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Riadh Chikhaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 40 minutes into the match, Knapton United's goal looked a bit too open when Chaouki Ben Arfa came free, but Ali Chedli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Chaouki Ben Arfa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Chedli was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. In the 44th match minute, Knapton United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hamdi Essafi to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Riadh Chikhaoui in the 46th minute of play forced Knapton United's goalkeeper Ali Chedli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chaouki Ben Arfa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Chaouki Ben Arfa might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ali Chedli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chaouki Ben Arfa ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hamza Mestiri in the 56th minute of play forced New Ash Green United's goalkeeper Driss Ben Amor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute Muhammad Yahyaoui shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Driss Ben Amor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Chedli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chaouki Ben Arfa in the 60th minute of the match. Muhammad Yahyaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Driss Ben Amor having to interfere. Hamza Mestiri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. New Ash Green United's Chaouki Ben Arfa got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Riadh Chikhaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Chaouki Ben Arfa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Driss Ben Amor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hamza Mestiri, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Hamza Mestiri notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of New Ash Green United's Driss Ben Amor. Driss Ben Amor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Knapton United's goalkeeper Ali Chedli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.