League Play-Off

Great Totham
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Albert Bouzayène got the match started through his kick off. Adel Litaiem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mokhtar Ben Saada having to interfere. Issam Namouchi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Great Totham United's Ahmed Salem played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Issam Namouchi in the 15th minute of play. In the 16th minute Albert Bouzayène shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmed Salem saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emir Yahia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mokhtar Ben Saada having to interfere. In the 24th minute, Emir Yahia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emir Yahia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mokhtar Ben Saada read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. Ahmed Salem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Issam Namouchi in the 30th minute of play. Adel Litaiem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Mokhtar Ben Saada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Leighton Buzzard United's Zied Mabrouki got a free kick in the 34th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Leighton Buzzard United's goalkeeper Mokhtar Ben Saada had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emir Yahia. 38 minutes into the match, Great Totham United's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Bouzayène came free, but Ahmed Salem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Albert Bouzayène fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmed Salem having to interfere. If Issam Namouchi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mokhtar Ben Saada came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by Great Totham United's Emir Yahia. But to his dismay, Emir Yahia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Adel Litaiem to strike the kick off in the second half. Ahmed Salem came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Leighton Buzzard United's Issam Namouchi. But to his dismay, Issam Namouchi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Hassen Hammami hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. After 62 played minutes, Great Totham United's Mehdi Ben Nafti shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mokhtar Ben Saada came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Great Totham United reached it. When Great Totham United's Emir Yahia in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Leighton Buzzard United's goalie prevented a goal. Adel Litaiem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 67 minutes into the match, Leighton Buzzard United's goal looked a bit too open when Emir Yahia came free, but Mokhtar Ben Saada reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 71 minutes, Adel Litaiem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Great Totham United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adel Litaiem 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 77th match minute, Leighton Buzzard United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Caid Melki to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Leighton Buzzard United's Albert Bouzayène slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ahmed Salem. That made the score 1-2 after 79 minutes of play. In the 86th minute, Issam Namouchi 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. 92 minutes into the game, Caid Melki was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Leighton Buzzard United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Great Totham United the free kick. Caid Melki hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. In the 95th minute of the match Great Totham United got a corner. Leighton Buzzard United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Karim Chatti ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Karim Chatti got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mokhtar Ben Saada quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Leighton Buzzard United walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.