League Play-Off

Staveley Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, 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. Mohamed Hammami started the match with the kick off. Bahi Benachour received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Khaled Sassi came out and tried to block the shot, but Bahi Benachour slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 4th minute. Anis Sfar's late challenge caught a Staveley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anis Sfar helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Stockbridge United getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Anis Sfar hit a great ball. After having played for 10 minutes, Mohamed Hammami managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Staveley's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mohamed Hammami was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 12th of the match, Mohamed Hammami tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Khaled Sassi got in the way and made a wonderful save. Mohamed Salah Ben Mustapha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Mohamed Aouichaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stockbridge United's Khaled Sassi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Stockbridge United from getting a goal against them. 21 minutes in the game, Bahi Benachour fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Khaled Sassi having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Mohamed Hammami reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Khaled Sassi. The goal made the score 2-0. Khaled Sassi made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Bahi Benachour sent off a good shot on target. Mohamed Aouichaoui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anouar Boularès in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 33rd match minute, Staveley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oussama Trabelsi to maneuver through the defense. When Mohamed Salah Ben Mustapha came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Stockbridge 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 Mohamed Salah Ben Mustapha couldn't finish the play. Anouar Boularès fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Aouichaoui having to interfere. Mohamed Aouichaoui stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mohamed Salah Ben Mustapha's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Stockbridge United's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Mohamed Hammami 47 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Anouar Boularès was the one to do the kick off. Mohamed Salah Ben Mustapha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Aouichaoui having to interfere. Mohamed Aouichaoui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anouar Boularès, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Stockbridge United's goalkeeper Khaled Sassi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Salah Sayah kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. In the 69th match minute, Staveley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yassine BenAmor to maneuver through the defense. Anouar Boularès sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bahi Benachour recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohamed Hammami in the 80th minute of play forced Stockbridge United's goalkeeper Khaled Sassi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the game, Anouar Boularès recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mohamed Aouichaoui. Anouar Boularès showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. Stockbridge United's Khaled Sassi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mohamed Hammami in the 88th minute of play. Anouar Boularès received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Mohamed Aouichaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Khaled Sassi came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Staveley's Bahi Benachour. But to his dismay, Bahi Benachour quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Mohamed Salah Ben Mustapha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Mohamed Aouichaoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. For all the effort they put into the match, the Stockbridge United players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Staveley.