Official Cup

Gone With the Win
Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Chedli Habib Benfrej started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Gone With the Win's Stuart Brayson in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Symba's goalie prevented a goal. After 3 minutes, Stuart Brayson made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Symba's Pierre Melliti tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 6 minutes into the game, Stuart Brayson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gone With the Win's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Symba the free kick. After a rather tough play, Gone With the Win's Stuart Brayson got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 11th minute, Chedli Habib Benfrej hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the match, Symba's goalkeeper Pierre Melliti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vic Bayne. In the 19th minute, Vic Bayne made a precise shot to the right of Pierre Melliti. Symba's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Pierre Melliti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stuart Brayson, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Vic Bayne got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pierre Melliti quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Chedli Habib Benfrej hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Habib Khcharem in the 36th minute of play forced Gone With the Win's goalkeeper Ivan Shotton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Gone With the Win's zone, Tarak Ayari stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivan Shotton came out of the goal and Tarak Ayari tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Tarak Ayari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pierre Melliti came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Gone With the Win's Stuart Brayson. But to his dismay, Stuart Brayson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stuart Brayson to strike the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes, Heithem Kaâbi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Symba and the Gone With the Win players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Symba getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Heithem Kaâbi hit a great ball. 53 minutes into the match, Gone With the Win's Stuart Brayson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pierre Melliti narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 56thth minute of the game Chedli Habib Benfrej who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gone With the Win's Ivan Shotton was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Heithem Kaâbi got his second yellow card in the match during the 59th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, Symba's Hassen Djait got a free kick in the 61st minute. Stuart Brayson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pierre Melliti having to interfere. Habib Zitouni hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. If Vic Bayne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ian Browne in the 81st minute of play forced Symba's goalkeeper Pierre Melliti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 82 played minutes Gone With the Win got a freekick which was hit by Donny Thorn. 86 minutes into the match, Symba's goal looked a bit too open when Ian Browne came free, but Pierre Melliti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hassen Djait struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Ivan Shotton didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Symba. 95 minutes into the game, Sabri Ghigani was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Symba's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gone With the Win the free kick. In the 95th match minute, Symba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sabri Ghigani to maneuver through the defense. Gone With the Win were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Symba for a fine match.