League

Arnold Park
Spectators: 6726 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 0) Market Harborough's Mehdi Hleli 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. Bechir Badra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Yassine Abdelkader made a huge save. Yassine Abdelkader showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hassene Abdelkader in the 5th minute of the match. The Arnold City fans' excitement grew in the 10th match minute when Arnold City's Bechir Badra looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Yassine Abdelkader came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Arnold City's Bechir Badra . But to his dismay, Bechir Badra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Shuaibu Mosrati kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Chaouki Braham, 28 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 Hassene Abdelkader in the 31st minute of play forced Market Harborough's goalkeeper Yassine Abdelkader to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mehdi Hleli struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Paulo Bourguiba didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Market Harborough. Paulo Bourguiba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tarek Ziadi, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in Arnold City fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 43rd minute. Penalty! The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hassene Abdelkader stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes of play Market Harborough's Shuaibu Mosrati was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Yassine Abdelkader stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bechir Badra 's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. After having played for 55 minutes, Riadh Sellimi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Market Harborough's supporters crossed their fingers, but Riadh Sellimi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Riadh Sellimi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulo Bourguiba having to interfere. Sofiène Limam kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. A hard shot by Hamed Mkademi from long distance, 64 minutes into the match, got Paulo Bourguiba's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Riadh Sellimi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Paulo Bourguiba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Mehdi Hleli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Riadh Sellimi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnold City's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.