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Thorpe-le-Soken
Spectators: 6736 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Moncef Salem started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Warrington booed when Thorpe-le-Soken was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdelkarim Essafi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sadok Jemmali took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdelkarim Essafi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Moncef Salem in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hatem Khcharem saved Thorpe-le-Soken from getting behind. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Thorpe-le-Soken's goalkeeper Hatem Khcharem, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Moncef Salem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hatem Khcharem having to interfere. Hatem Khcharem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moncef Salem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Zoubair Sboui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hamed Radhouani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sadok Jemmali having to interfere. Moncef Salem struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Hatem Khcharem didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Warrington. In the 40th minute, Hamed Radhouani 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. Habib Ali Namouchi hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Moncef Salem struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Hatem Khcharem didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Warrington. In the 45th minute Zoubair Sboui shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hatem Khcharem saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hatem Khcharem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wissem Ben Karoui in the 47th minute of the match. The Thorpe-le-Soken players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Warrington were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hamed Radhouani made a kick off. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Moncef Salem took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Hatem Khcharem to make any attempt to save it. In the 59th minute, Zoubair Sboui 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zoubair Sboui got free with Hatem Khcharem in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sadok Jemmali made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radhi Mor in the 66th minute of play. Thorpe-le-Soken's Radhi Mor got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 69 minutes into the game, one of Warrington:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Moncef Salem struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Hatem Khcharem didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Warrington. Zoubair Sboui struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Hatem Khcharem didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Warrington. Sadok Jemmali didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Radhi Mor went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Abdelkarim Essafi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sadok Jemmali read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. 96 minutes into the match, Thorpe-le-Soken's goal looked a bit too open when Moncef Salem came free, but Hatem Khcharem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 97th minute of the match, Zoubair Sboui got a very nice opportunity to score, but Hatem Khcharem was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.