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Newton Aycliffe Stad
Spectators: 6727 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when David Rostom got the match started through his kick off. Mustafa Ben Souayah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paulo Yahia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hamed Khaled's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. Newton Aycliffe's Paulo Yahia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamed Khaled in the 17th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Ahmed Sguir fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 22nd match minute, Halstead AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohamed Sebki to maneuver through the defense. Kaies Trabelsi kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Halstead AFC's goalkeeper Mehdi Ben Bourguiba had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mustafa Ben Souayah. Issam Abdelmajid charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Issam Abdelmajid the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Hamed Khaled came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Halstead AFC 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 Hamed Khaled couldn't finish the play. If Mustafa Ben Souayah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hamed Khaled received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Paulo Yahia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hamed Khaled received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Paulo Yahia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If David Rostom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ahmed Sguir stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mehdi Ben Bourguiba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmed Sguir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Habib Jawachi, 57 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Rostom in the 61st minute of play forced Newton Aycliffe's goalkeeper Paulo Yahia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Issam Abdelmajid hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. The attack was good, but when Mustafa Ben Souayah in the 70th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. The supporters of Newton Aycliffe booed when Halstead AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Issam Abdelmajid didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Halstead AFC's Issam Abdelmajid got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Mustafa Ben Souayah scored 1-0 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mehdi Ben Bourguiba, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hamed Khaled's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Paulo Yahia skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hamed Khaled sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 95 minutes, Hamed Khaled managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Halstead AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hamed Khaled was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.