League Play-Off

Battersea Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Swaffham's Riadh Rehouma started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Bechir Achab showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adel Karoui, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Swaffham's Adel Karoui got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Riadh Rehouma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Bechir Achab tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute Riadh Rehouma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bechir Achab saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Battersea AFC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Habib Ben Salah hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Riadh Rehouma in the 19th minute of play forced Battersea AFC's goalkeeper Bechir Achab to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Swaffham's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Slim Saidi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ali Naybet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Slim Saidi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Battersea AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Slim Saidi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aymen Basli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 32nd match minute, Battersea AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zoubair Dahmani to maneuver through the defense. If Adel Karoui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 41 played minutes Battersea AFC got a freekick which was hit by Slim Saidi. The audience was convinced that Adel Karoui's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bechir Achab was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 45th minute Riadh Rehouma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bechir Achab saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Slim Saidi made a kick off. Ali Naybet recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 54th minute Slim Saidi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aymen Basli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aymen Basli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slim Saidi in the 63rd minute of play. If Slim Saidi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 72 minutes, Ali Naybet managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Battersea AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ali Naybet was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 77 played minutes Battersea AFC got a freekick which was hit by Jamel Fitouri. Slim Saidi took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aymen Basli. Aymen Basli dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Battersea AFC's Bechir Achab proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Battersea AFC from getting a goal against them. If Ali Naybet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aymen Basli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slim Saidi in the 92nd minute of the match. When Riadh Rehouma came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Swaffham 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 Riadh Rehouma couldn't finish the play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Battersea AFC fully deserved thier win.