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Great Baddow Park
Spectators: 6755 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 0) Greenwich City's Haythem Soliman 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. In the 3rd minute, Maher Abdelmajid hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4th minute, Mohamed Salah Ben Bouazizi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zine Haggui. The goal made the score 1-0. A collision led to Great Baddow getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Muhammad Bourguiba hit a great ball. Hedi Amira Sallemi was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 11th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 12 minutes, Ali Ali Bourguiba mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Great Baddow and the Greenwich City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ali Ali Bourguiba kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. When Haythem Soliman, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 15 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Muhammad Jemmali was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Mohamed Mestiri hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute, Haythem Soliman 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. Ali Ali Bourguiba kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Bahi El Hadj Kacem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Muhammad Jemmali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 26 minutes, Bahi El Hadj Kacem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Greenwich City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bahi El Hadj Kacem was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bahi El Hadj Kacem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Haythem Soliman came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Greenwich 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 Haythem Soliman couldn't finish the play. Zine Haggui made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Jawhar Radhouani sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Greenwich City getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Tarek Chedli hit a great ball. After 42 minutes Greenwich City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mounir Mestiri who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Mounir Mestiri almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Greenwich City's Zine Haggui did a great save. 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 Mohamed Salah Ben Bouazizi made a kick off. If Bahi El Hadj Kacem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Greenwich City's Karim Kasraoui pulled a muscle in his leg after 54 minutes and couldn't finish the game. During the 54th minute of the match Ali Ali Bourguiba completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ali Ali Bourguiba a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 56th match minute, Great Baddow was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jawhar Radhouani to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Bahi El Hadj Kacem managed to get in a good position for a shot. Greenwich City's supporters rose to their feet, but Bahi El Hadj Kacem was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Muhammad Jemmali breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Chedi Kalaï fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Great Baddow's protests and gave Chedi Kalaï a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Great Baddow's Chedi Kalaï got a free kick in the 59th minute. After a rather tough play, Greenwich City's Salah Saidi got a free kick in the 65th minute. In the 66th minute of the match Mounir Mestiri sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zine Haggui skillfully saved the ball. In the 68th minute, Mohamed Salah Ben Bouazizi made a precise shot to the right of Zine Haggui. Greenwich City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. If Bahi El Hadj Kacem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 80th minute Jawhar Radhouani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zine Haggui saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Jawhar Radhouani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zine Haggui was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. The supporters of Great Baddow booed when Greenwich City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maher Abdelmajid didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zine Haggui showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jawhar Radhouani, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Muhammad Bourguiba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Zine Haggui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Greenwich City's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.