League

North Fambridge Park
Spectators: 6755 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jaouhar Mabrouk made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Habib Mechergui hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Rackenford AFC booed when North Fambridge AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Karim Ben Ammar didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute, Sami Jaziri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sami Jaziri kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. After 19 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Rackenford AFC! Hamadi Akid shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Karim Ben Ammar did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Heithem Kasraoui 25 minutes into the match. Heithem Kasraoui made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karim Ben Ammar in the 27th minute. After a rather tough play, Rackenford AFC's Habib Essebsi got a free kick in the 29th minute. A collision led to Rackenford AFC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Radhi Abdallah hit a great ball. Adel Khelil recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to North Fambridge AFC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Habib Bouzayène hit a great ball. Chedi M'ghirbi, 42 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. Heithem Kasraoui made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Karim Ben Ammar sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jawhar Karoui made a kick off. If Karim Ben Ammar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in North Fambridge AFC's zone, Adel Khelil stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yassine Bargawi came out of the goal and Adel Khelil tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Riadh Naoui hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaouhar Mabrouk in the 57th minute of play forced North Fambridge AFC's goalkeeper Yassine Bargawi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karim Mrabet's late challenge caught a Rackenford AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Karim Mrabet helped the player get up and apologised. Karim Mrabet kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Rackenford AFC's Heithem Kasraoui played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jawhar Karoui in the 64th minute of play. When Adel Khelil came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Rackenford 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 Adel Khelil couldn't finish the play. In the 67th minute Jaouhar Mabrouk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yassine Bargawi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adel Khelil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Yassine Bargawi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Karim Ben Ammar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Adel Khelil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adel Khelil fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yassine Bargawi having to interfere. When North Fambridge AFC's Jawhar Karoui in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rackenford AFC's goalie prevented a goal. North Fambridge AFC's Jawhar Karoui got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. North Fambridge AFC's Jawhar Karoui got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Karim Ben Ammar managed to get in a good position for a shot. North Fambridge AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Karim Ben Ammar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Heithem Kasraoui breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jawhar Karoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. North Fambridge AFC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Rackenford AFC for a fine match.