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Welwyn Garden City
Spectators: 6744 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hachemi Harkat kicked off to start the match. Zaïm Saadane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hachemi Harkat, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Camil Saadane struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Zaïm Saadane didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Welwyn Garden City United. Hachemi Harkat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Kassel Guechtouli came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Old Clipstone City 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 Kassel Guechtouli couldn't finish the play. Billel Saïdani charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Billel Saïdani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 22nd minute, Billel Saïdani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Billel Saïdani was shown his second yellow card after 26 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 27th minute, Billel Saïdani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Ayache Merdaci managed to get in a good position for a shot. Old Clipstone City's supporters rose to their feet, but Ayache Merdaci was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anas El Hadi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 34 played minutes Old Clipstone City got a freekick which was hit by Wellen El Karimi. A collision led to Welwyn Garden City United getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Zaïm Ziani hit a great ball. The Welwyn Garden City United players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Old Clipstone City were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kassel Guechtouli to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Camil Saadane notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Old Clipstone City's Zaïm Saadane. Zaïm Saadane was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wellen El Karimi hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Welwyn Garden City United's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Kassel Guechtouli 61 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hachemi Harkat in the 64th minute of play forced Old Clipstone City's goalkeeper Zaïm Saadane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 66 minutes, Smail Sadi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Old Clipstone City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Smail Sadi 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 71st minute, Camil Saadane 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. Welwyn Garden City United's Anas El Hadi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kassel Guechtouli in the 75th minute of play. Ayache Merdaci who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 79thth minute tested the skills of Anas El Hadi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Zaïm Ziani hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Ayache Merdaci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anas El Hadi having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lunis Ghozali during the 97th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Anas El Hadi went to the wrong direction when Zinedine Zaaboub was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal.