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Seaford Park
Spectators: 6724 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aflawas Menguellet kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Barrow upon Humber's Bachir El Amri got a free kick in the 6th minute. The supporters of Seaford booed when Barrow upon Humber was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdelaziz Boufroura didn't get a good kick on the ball. Barrow upon Humber's Hatim Zemmouri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Barrow upon Humber from getting a goal against them. If Kassel Medjani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 21 minutes into the game, one of Barrow upon Humber:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Hatim Zemmouri went to the wrong direction when Lakhdar Hima was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. 25 minutes into the game, Samy Zerara was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Barrow upon Humber's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Seaford the free kick. In the 25th match minute, Barrow upon Humber was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samy Zerara to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Kassel Medjani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barrow upon Humber's supporters rose to their feet, but Kassel Medjani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ikhlas Mezali breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 34 minutes into the match, Barrow upon Humber's Said Sellami sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ikhlas Mezali narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Barrow upon Humber's zone, Aflawas Menguellet stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hatim Zemmouri came out of the goal and Aflawas Menguellet tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hatim Zemmouri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aflawas Menguellet in the 40th minute of the match. Aflawas Menguellet received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hatim Zemmouri came out and tried to block the shot, but Aflawas Menguellet slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 44th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

52 minutes into the game, Khalida Soltani was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Seaford's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Barrow upon Humber the free kick. Hatim Zemmouri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Djafar Matmour in the 54th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Djafar Matmour's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hatim Zemmouri was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Ikhlas Mezali showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Said Sellami, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 70th minute, Barrow upon Humber's Kassel Medjani ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ikhlas Mezali. Ikhlas Mezali yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. In the 79th minute, Nabil Saïdi-Sief hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hatim Zemmouri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aflawas Menguellet in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 86th match minute, Seaford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lazhar Zian to maneuver through the defense. Said Sellami sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Djafar Matmour received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Hatim Zemmouri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.