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Match Report
Market Harborough
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mehdi Hleli started the match with the kick off. When Jemeleddine Ladgham fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Market Harborough's protests and gave Jemeleddine Ladgham a yellow card for diving instead. In the 3rd minute, Jemeleddine Ladgham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adel Zouari missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 5 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Yassine Abdelkader right hand side. Yassine Abdelkader made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehdi Rostom in the 7th minute of play. After 8 minutes, Tarek Ziadi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Market Harborough and the Woodchurch United players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Market Harborough getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Tarek Ziadi hit a great ball. Yassine Abdelkader stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mehdi Rostom's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Woodchurch United's goalkeeper Majed Ben Ziadi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Riadh Sellimi. Riadh Sellimi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Majed Ben Ziadi made a huge save. Riadh Sellimi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mehdi Hleli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Majed Ben Ziadi having to interfere. In the 29th minute, Riadh Sellimi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Majed Ben Ziadi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Shuaibu Mosrati kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Woodchurch United's Fathi Chikhaoui got a free kick in the 39th minute. Mehdi Hleli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Majed Ben Ziadi having to interfere. 2-0 became the score in the 48th minute when Riadh Sellimi elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.
The audience thought a goal was coming when Hocine Dhiab got free with Yassine Abdelkader in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Mehdi Hleli came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Market Harborough 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 Mehdi Hleli couldn't finish the play. Mehdi Rostom sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yassine Abdelkader was a little too slow when Mehdi Rostom got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 71st minute. The score was now 2-1. If Mehdi Rostom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 77th minute, Ali Yahyaoui hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, Mehdi Hleli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Mehdi Rostom came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Woodchurch United 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 Mehdi Rostom couldn't finish the play. Yassine Abdelkader was a little too slow when Hocine Dhiab got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 2-2. Market Harborough's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Mehdi Rostom scored to the left of an out of position Yassine Abdelkader, making the score, 2-3. In the 96th of the match, Mehdi Rostom tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Yassine Abdelkader got in the way and made a wonderful save. The Woodchurch United players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.
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