League Play-Off

Paignton
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wissem Essafi took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Hamdi Amri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chaker Saber showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hamed Brahem, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Ali Brahem charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ali Brahem the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Paignton United's Chaker Saber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wissem Essafi in the 9th minute of play. Paignton United's Chaker Saber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wissem Essafi in the 10th minute of play. Riadh Nafti came free with the goalkeeper in the 11th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Faouzi Sioud could save by the left post. In the 16th minute, Riadh Nafti 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. Zine Baccouche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chaker Saber having to interfere. In a very dangerous position, a player in Paignton United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 27th minute. Penalty! When Abdelkarim Boumnijel was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 30 minutes had been played. Abdelkarim Boumnijel hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. 36 minutes into the game, Wissem Essafi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Chaker Saber was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Paignton United's Hatem Sassi got a free kick in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wissem Essafi in the 48th minute of play forced Paignton United's goalkeeper Chaker Saber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Riadh Nafti to make the kick off. Huyton AFC's Faouzi Sioud played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Riadh Nafti in the 53rd minute of play. Wissem Essafi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Chaker Saber came out and tried to block the shot, but Wissem Essafi slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 56th minute. Chaker Saber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wissem Essafi in the 66th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Mondher Attouga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 72 minutes into the match, Paignton United's goal looked a bit too open when Wissem Essafi came free, but Chaker Saber reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wissem Essafi in the 77th minute of play forced Paignton United's goalkeeper Chaker Saber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chaker Saber made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Zine Baccouche sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Wissem Essafi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chaker Saber was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. With a little luck, Paignton United's Chaker Saber got control of the ball when Zine Baccouche tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wissem Essafi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Paignton United's Chaker Saber got control of the ball when Zine Baccouche tried to sneak it across the goal line. Chaker Saber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wissem Essafi in the 88th minute of play. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Paignton United's goalkeeper Chaker Saber , but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The Huyton AFC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Huyton AFC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.