League Play-Off

Brighton Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Slim Namouchi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee felt a red card was in order, 3 minutes into the game, when Mondher El Bez put in a rough tackle. After 2 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Yeadon AFC! When the match had been going on for 5 minutes, Brighton's Hamed Sellami got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Mohamed Trabelsi. Mohamed Trabelsi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Muhammad Bouazizi's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hadj Salem Jemmali in the 11th minute of play forced Brighton's goalkeeper Habib Slimane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Brighton's Habib Slimane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hadj Salem Jemmali in the 12th minute of play. In the 14th minute Muhammad Bouazizi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Trabelsi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Yeadon AFC getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Habib Yahia hit a great ball. Muhammad Bouazizi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mohamed Trabelsi having to make a save. Hadj Salem Jemmali sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hadj Salem Jemmali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Habib Slimane having to interfere. If Muhammad Bouazizi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohamed Trabelsi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Muhammad Bouazizi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute Hadj Salem Jemmali shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Habib Slimane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Brighton's Muhammad Bouazizi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mohamed Trabelsi. That made the score 2-0 after 34 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Muhammad Bouazizi in the 38th minute of play forced Yeadon AFC's goalkeeper Mohamed Trabelsi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mohamed Trabelsi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Muhammad Bouazizi in the 40th minute of play. If Muhammad Bouazizi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohamed Trabelsi made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Bassem Bouali sent off a good shot on target. Radhi Saidi kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Muhammad Bouazizi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bassem Bouali blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mohamed Trabelsi having to make a save. Muhammad Bouazizi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Mohamed Trabelsi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 56 minutes of play, Brighton's Bassem Bouali made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mohamed Trabelsi was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 59th match minute, Brighton was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hedhili Ghodhbane to maneuver through the defense. Hadj Salem Jemmali recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mourad Jomaa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Habib Slimane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Hadj Salem Jemmali had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mohamed Trabelsi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bassem Bouali, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. After 81 minutes, Muhammad Bouazizi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brighton and the Yeadon AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bassem Bouali received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Mohamed Trabelsi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Brighton's Habib Slimane got control of the ball when Hadj Salem Jemmali tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mohamed Trabelsi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Muhammad Bouazizi in the 93rd minute of the match. When Radhi Saidi fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Yeadon AFC's protests and gave Radhi Saidi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th minute, Radhi Saidi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Brighton were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Yeadon AFC for a fine match.