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Match Report
Heston
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Majed Ben Ghannouchi got the match started through his kick off. When Abdallah Abdi came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the Yeovil AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abdallah Abdi couldn't finish the play. After having played for 6 minutes, Majed Ben Ghannouchi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Heston's supporters crossed their fingers, but Majed Ben Ghannouchi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 11th minute, Ali Maatouk 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. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ali Maatouk sped through Heston's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Karim Akid. Karim Akid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Maatouk in the 17th minute of play. Ali Maatouk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Akid having to interfere. Karim Akid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdallah Abdi, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 29 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Yeovil AFC! In the 30th minute there was a penalty for Heston. Mahmoud Jamaa stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Bechir Mabrouk. 1-1. Bechir Mabrouk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernard Ghariani in the 32nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Majed Ben Ghannouchi in the 39th minute of play forced Yeovil AFC's goalkeeper Bechir Mabrouk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Yeovil AFC's Med Ali Negrouz got a free kick in the 39th minute. After a rather tough play, Heston's Said Ben Jbara got a free kick in the 41st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Abdallah Abdi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Yeovil AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Abdallah Abdi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Karim Akid breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Karim Akid didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Yeovil AFC's Ali Maatouk shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 47th minute, Ali Rokki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.
The wind increased when Ali Maatouk made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bernard Ghariani in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bechir Mabrouk saved Yeovil AFC from getting behind. Abdallah Abdi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 57thth minute, Karim Akid skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Karim Akid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Maatouk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdallah Abdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Akid having to interfere. Karim Akid stood somewhat misplaced when Ali Maatouk came free in front of goal and shot 1-3 to the left of him in the 64 minute. In the 68th minute, Heston's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Abdallah Abdi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 70th minute, Abdallah Abdi 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. Heston's Karim Akid proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Heston from getting a goal against them. 85 minutes into the match, Abdallah Abdi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Karim Akid. Heston's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abdallah Abdi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Ali Maatouk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karim Akid having to interfere. Yeovil AFC played a much better game than Heston and deserved their victory. The Heston players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.
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