League Play-Off

Catford Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Adel Nefzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Mohamad Baly tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Riadh Bachraoui hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. The St Ives City fans' excitement grew in the 17th match minute when St Ives City's Riadh Bachraoui looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a rather tough play, Catford's Oussama al-Amin got a free kick in the 21st minute. Mohamad Baly showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Riadh Bachraoui, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute, St Ives City's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Najeh Akid fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After having played for 25 minutes, Abdelwahab Baly managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Catford's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdelwahab Baly was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sadok Jemaiel charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sadok Jemaiel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Najeh Akid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Hadj Salem Boulaabi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adel Nefzi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Riadh Bachraoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Riadh Bachraoui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Mohamad Baly tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 44 minutes into the game, one of St Ives City:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Muhammad Mahouachi shot the penalty kick right outside the post. 47 minutes into the match, Catford's goal looked a bit too open when Adel Nefzi came free, but Mohamad Baly reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Riadh Bachraoui stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Abdelwahab Baly kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Riadh Bachraoui in the 56th minute of play forced Catford's goalkeeper Mohamad Baly to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Riadh Bachraoui recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Adel Nefzi succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 60th playminute. In the 66th match minute, St Ives City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehdi Dhafer to maneuver through the defense. Mohamad Baly came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by St Ives City's Adel Nefzi. But to his dismay, Adel Nefzi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Adel Nefzi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Riadh Bachraoui managed to get in a good position for a shot. St Ives City's supporters rose to their feet, but Riadh Bachraoui was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mohamad Baly breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Riadh Bachraoui kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mohamad Baly. That made the score 0-4 in the 82 minute of play. If Najeh Akid had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hadj Salem Boulaabi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Najeh Akid in the 90th minute of the match. Hadj Salem Boulaabi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hassene Essafi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mohamad Baly didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Riadh Bachraoui went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. St Ives City's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.