League Play-Off

Cowplain Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mohamed Salah Zidane started the match with the kick off. Férid Ben Chiba took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mohamed Haggui. Cowplain's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of Chesterfield AFC booed when Cowplain was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ben Djait didn't get a good kick on the ball. The goalkeeper, Nizar Arfa, was totally fooled by Cowplain's Hédi Zaalani, who 20 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Ahmed Kasraoui hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. A hard shot 27 in the game by Rachid Ladgham from a close distance when the talented Nizar Arfa managed to make a qualified save. Chesterfield AFC's players were relieved. Rachid Ladgham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 31stth minute of the game Tarak Limam who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chesterfield AFC's Nizar Arfa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmed Kasraoui in the 35th minute of play forced Cowplain's goalkeeper Mohamed Haggui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

53 minutes into the match, Tarak Limam notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Chesterfield AFC's Nizar Arfa. Nizar Arfa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mohamed Haggui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mohamed Salah Zidane in the 57th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rachid Ladgham in the 61st minute of play forced Chesterfield AFC's goalkeeper Nizar Arfa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chesterfield AFC's Nizar Arfa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rachid Ladgham in the 64th minute of play. Tarak Limam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nizar Arfa having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Chesterfield AFC's Oussama Miaâdi got a free kick in the 70th minute. Mohamed Salah Zidane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Mohamed Haggui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th match minute, Cowplain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ben Djait to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th match minute, Cowplain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rachid Ladgham to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute, Ahmed Kasraoui 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. Cowplain's Hédi Zaalani got his second yellow card of the match in the 83rd minute. The referee ordered Hédi Zaalani off the ground. Hédi Zaalani kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Ahmed Kasraoui could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Mohamed Haggui made a huge save. After having played for 92 minutes, Mohamed Salah Zidane managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chesterfield AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mohamed Salah Zidane was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Cowplain booed when Chesterfield AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moustafa Khalifa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmad Merdassi charged in rather forcefully in the 97th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ahmad Merdassi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 98th minute, Ahmad Merdassi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chesterfield AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.