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Crediton
Spectators: 6717 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 0) Sleaford's Jabar Benbrahim started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Sofyane Djeballi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Zahid Rahmani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Sleaford's Ghiles Hammad got a free kick in the 6th minute. Jabar Benbrahim received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Zahid Rahmani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 14 minutes into the match, Crediton AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Sofyane Djeballi came free, but Zahid Rahmani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Crediton AFC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Fodil Menguellet hit a great ball. Abderrahmane Laref missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 23 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Zahid Rahmani right hand side. After having played for 25 minutes, Sofyane Djeballi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sleaford's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sofyane Djeballi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sleaford's Nadir Aflelou proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Sleaford from getting a goal against them. Nadir Aflelou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kamel Benattia in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sleaford's goalkeeper Nadir Aflelou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 38th match minute, Sleaford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moulay Djamel to maneuver through the defense. 40 minutes into the match, Crediton AFC's Djillali Bouchnak broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Zahid Rahmani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jabar Benbrahim in the 43rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sofyane Djeballi in the 46th minute of play forced Crediton AFC's goalkeeper Zahid Rahmani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Kamel Benattia made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Kamel Benattia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nadir Aflelou was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After some careless play in the Sleaford defense, Kamel Benattia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nadir Aflelou. The Sleaford fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nadir Aflelou should have stopped the shot. Nadir Aflelou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mokhtar El Ounès in the 64th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sofyane Djeballi got free with Zahid Rahmani in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 69th minute, Sleaford's Jabar Benbrahim ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zahid Rahmani. Zahid Rahmani yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Sofyane Djeballi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 77thth minute, Zahid Rahmani skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Jabar Benbrahim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mokhtar El Ounès's late challenge caught a Sleaford's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mokhtar El Ounès helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute, Mokhtar El Ounès hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Crediton AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 85th minute, when Jabar Benbrahim scored to the left of an out of position Zahid Rahmani, making the score, 2-2. After having played for 94 minutes, Jabar Benbrahim managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sleaford's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jabar Benbrahim was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 95 minutes, Madani Yacef mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crediton AFC and the Sleaford players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Crediton AFC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Madani Yacef hit a great ball.