League Play-Off

Sutton in Ashfield S
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zoubair Boumnijel took the kick off in the first half of the match. 0-1 became the score in the 4th minute when Majed Ben Mokadem elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Majed Ben Mokadem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Majed Ben Mokadem in the 15th minute of play forced Sutton in Ashfield United's goalkeeper Ahmed Karoui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bahi Jemmali's late challenge caught a Tamworth's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bahi Jemmali helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sutton in Ashfield United getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Bahi Jemmali hit a great ball. Majed Ben Mokadem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmed Karoui having to interfere. Yassine Hadda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Ahmed Karoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the match, Sutton in Ashfield United's goal looked a bit too open when Yassine Hadda came free, but Ahmed Karoui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute, Zoubair Boumnijel fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Maher Mabrouk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Bechir Saidi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Tamworth's goalkeeper Bechir Saidi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Riadh Boulaabi kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Zoubair Boumnijel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Bechir Saidi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maher Mabrouk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Bechir Saidi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Majed Ben Mokadem made a kick off. Ahmed Karoui showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Majed Ben Mokadem in the 53rd minute of the match. After 54th play minutes Majed Ben Mokadem shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Ahmed Karoui and just under the crossbar into goal. Bechir Saidi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zoubair Boumnijel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 63 minutes into the match, Majed Ben Mokadem dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ahmed Karoui, 0-3. Tamworth's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yassine El Hadj Kacem in the 69th minute. The audience held their breath when Habib Jaballah in the 75th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Ahmed Karoui's left hand side. Sutton in Ashfield United's Ahmed Karoui proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Sutton in Ashfield United from getting a goal against them. If Maher Mabrouk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Majed Ben Mokadem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ahmed Karoui was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Majed Ben Mokadem had several of the Sutton in Ashfield United's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 97 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Ahmed Karoui as he didn't even see the shot coming.