League Play-Off

Shireoaks Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Hamza Sboui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adel Ben Saada in the 5th minute of play. Habib Hammemi hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Hamza Sboui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tarek Ouhir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Shireoaks City's goalkeeper Hamza Sboui, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 13th minute Tarek Ouhir shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hamza Sboui saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th minute, Tarek Ouhir left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dunchurch fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Hamza Sboui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tarek Ouhir in the 18th minute of play. Anouar Belhouane could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Anouar Idir made a huge save. With a little luck, Dunchurch's Anouar Idir got control of the ball when Anouar Belhouane tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anouar Belhouane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Dunchurch's Mongi Sayah got a free kick in the 28th minute. After 29 minutes, Belgacem Loussayef mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dunchurch and the Shireoaks City players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 29th minute of the game. One of Dunchurch:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Shireoaks City:s goal. When the match had been going on for 30 minutes, Shireoaks City's Ahmed Mestiri 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 Anouar Idir. In the 33rd minute, Shireoaks City's Anouar Belhouane dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Anouar Idir didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anouar Belhouane went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Hamza Sboui made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tarek Ouhir in the 45th minute of play. Adel Ben Saada sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Chedli Bassir to strike the kick off in the second half. Anouar Idir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anouar Belhouane in the 54th minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Anouar Belhouane had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anouar Idir. Dunchurch's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anouar Belhouane was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. When Chedli Bassir came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Shireoaks City 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 Chedli Bassir couldn't finish the play. Dunchurch's Anouar Idir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anouar Belhouane in the 62nd minute of play. After 69 minutes, Chedli Bassir made it 5-1 with a short kick to the right side. Dunchurch's Anouar Idir tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 72 minutes into the match, Dunchurch's Tarek Ouhir sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hamza Sboui narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 74th minute, Adel Ben Saada ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hamza Sboui was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-2. Anouar Belhouane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anouar Idir having to interfere. Anouar Idir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chedli Bassir , who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Anouar Belhouane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anouar Idir having to interfere. If Chedli Bassir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anouar Belhouane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Anouar Idir tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Chedli Bassir notched a goal, 7-2, to the right of Dunchurch's Anouar Idir. Anouar Idir was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. There was no doubt that Shireoaks City were the better team. Shireoaks City's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.