League Play-Off

Curdridge Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) David Rostom started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 5 minutes, David Rostom managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Halstead AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but David Rostom was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Najeh Karoui recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 12 minutes into the match, Najeh Karoui notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Halstead AFC's Mehdi Ben Bourguiba. Mehdi Ben Bourguiba was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 19 minutes, David Rostom managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Halstead AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but David Rostom was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Hamed Khaled had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Najeh Karoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Najeh Karoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mehdi Ben Bourguiba having to interfere. Sadok Bouali came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Halstead AFC's Hamed Khaled. But to his dismay, Hamed Khaled quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 45th minute, Hamed Khaled made a precise shot to the right of Sadok Bouali. Curdridge's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Raouf Essebsi made a kick off. David Rostom sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 54th match minute, Curdridge was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ammar Bassir to maneuver through the defense. Mahmoud Salem, 55 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Curdridge's Sadok Bouali proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Curdridge from getting a goal against them. After having played for 68 minutes, Raouf Essebsi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Curdridge's supporters crossed their fingers, but Raouf Essebsi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Najeh Karoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 72nd minute, Najeh Karoui ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mehdi Ben Bourguiba was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. In the 81st match minute, Halstead AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Issam Abdelmajid to maneuver through the defense. David Rostom was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 92nd minute. Halstead AFC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Sadok Bouali showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Rostom in the 92nd minute of the match. A collision led to Curdridge getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Jamel Diwa hit a great ball. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.