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Ashton Under Hill
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bassim Salah started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Kamel Benattia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abdelfattah Sifi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 30th minute, Haroun Chadli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Djillali Bouchnak in the 31st minute of play forced Ashton Under Hill's goalkeeper Abdelfattah Sifi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Crediton AFC booed when Ashton Under Hill was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elias Hammadouch didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 49thth minute of the game Kamel Benattia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ashton Under Hill's Abdelfattah Sifi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kamel Benattia to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th match minute, Crediton AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lazhar Bensaïd to maneuver through the defense. 56 minutes into the match, Crediton AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Chahid Benboudaoud came free, but Zahid Rahmani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Chahid Benboudaoud had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zahid Rahmani. Crediton AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chahid Benboudaoud was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Bassim Salah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zahid Rahmani having to interfere. 74 minutes into the game, Chahid Benboudaoud cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Zahid Rahmani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ashton Under Hill's Bassim Salah got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lazhar Bensaïd hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Chahid Benboudaoud managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ashton Under Hill's supporters rose to their feet, but Chahid Benboudaoud was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zahid Rahmani breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ashton Under Hill were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Crediton AFC for a fine match.