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Oakham Park
Spectators: 6724 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 0) Youcef Menguellet started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 5 minutes, Larbi Adjani managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Oakham City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Larbi Adjani was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zakaria Zenati was a little too slow when Youcef Menguellet got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 6th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 11th minute, Oakham City's Youcef Menguellet dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. With his leg Zakaria Zenati managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when Oakham City's Larbi Adjani fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 15 minutes into the match, Stonehouse's goal looked a bit too open when Youcef Menguellet came free, but Zakaria Zenati reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Larbi Adjani blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zakaria Zenati having to make a save. Chahine Canhadja scored 2-1 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mourad Nemchi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Walid Gaouaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zakaria Zenati made an important save on a dangerous shot by Larbi Adjani in the 25th minute. After 26 minutes of play, Oakham City's Larbi Adjani made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zakaria Zenati was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Oakham City's zone, Walid Gaouaoui stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mourad Nemchi came out of the goal and Walid Gaouaoui tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Walid Gaouaoui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Mourad Nemchi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Larbi Adjani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Zakaria Zenati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zakaria Zenati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Youcef Menguellet in the 43rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Youcef Menguellet's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zakaria Zenati was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. A collision led to Oakham City getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Mohammed Yacef hit a great ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Walid Gaouaoui made a kick off. Stonehouse's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Omar Boniche in the 53rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Omar Boniche got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mourad Nemchi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Youcef Menguellet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Stonehouse getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Cherif Meriem hit a great ball. Hakim Rezkallah's late challenge caught a Oakham City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hakim Rezkallah helped the player get up and apologised. After 62 played minutes Stonehouse got a freekick which was hit by Hakim Rezkallah. In the 63rd minute, Rabah Belmellat sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Stonehouse's Zakaria Zenati didn't even have to move. After a rather tough play, Stonehouse's Hakim Rezkallah got a free kick in the 64th minute. 66 minutes in the game, Youcef Menguellet dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Youcef Menguellet put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Zakaria Zenati. A collision led to Oakham City getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Rabah Belmellat hit a great ball. Larbi Adjani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Zakaria Zenati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Stonehouse's goalkeeper Zakaria Zenati, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Oakham City's Larbi Adjani in the 82nd minute got a chance for a shot 82nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stonehouse's goalie prevented a goal. Yassine Allalou's late challenge caught a Stonehouse's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yassine Allalou helped the player get up and apologised. After 88 played minutes Oakham City got a freekick which was hit by Yassine Allalou. Mohammed Yacef's late challenge caught a Stonehouse's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohammed Yacef helped the player get up and apologised. Mohammed Yacef kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Youcef Menguellet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zakaria Zenati having to interfere. For all the effort they put into the match, the Stonehouse players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Oakham City.