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Market Harborough
Spectators: 6733 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Slaheddine Kasraoui started the match with the kick off. Riadh Ghannem charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Riadh Ghannem the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ali Souayah shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Ahmed Gasmi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehdi Hleli in the 16th minute of the match. Tarek Ziadi's late challenge caught a Fakenham United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tarek Ziadi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Fakenham United booed when Market Harborough was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tarek Ziadi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute, Fakenham United's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Riadh Sellimi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 27th minute Chaker Makhlouf shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yassine Abdelkader saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Slaheddine Kasraoui's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yassine Abdelkader read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. Yassine Abdelkader took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chaker Makhlouf, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Riadh Sellimi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmed Gasmi having to interfere. Yassine Abdelkader showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slaheddine Kasraoui in the 37th minute of the match. After 41 minutes, Mehdi Hleli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Market Harborough and the Fakenham United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 41st match minute, Market Harborough was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mehdi Hleli to maneuver through the defense. Riadh Sellimi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Chaker Makhlouf came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the Fakenham United 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 Chaker Makhlouf couldn't finish the play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mehdi Hleli to make the kick off. The supporters of Fakenham United booed when Market Harborough was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jemeleddine Ladgham didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Slaheddine Kasraoui kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Yassine Abdelkader. That made the score 0-1 in the 54 minute of play. In the 59th minute, Ali Souayah sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Market Harborough's Yassine Abdelkader didn't even have to move. The crowd rose to their feet as Slaheddine Kasraoui kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Yassine Abdelkader. That made the score 0-2 in the 63 minute of play. Yassine Abdelkader showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slaheddine Kasraoui in the 67th minute of the match. Ahmed Gasmi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehdi Hleli in the 69th minute of play. Fakenham United's Slaheddine Kasraoui was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 75th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Adel Ben Amor kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After having played for 83 minutes, Mehdi Hleli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Market Harborough's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mehdi Hleli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Fakenham United defense, Mehdi Hleli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ahmed Gasmi. The Fakenham United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ahmed Gasmi should have stopped the shot. After 97 played minutes Fakenham United got a freekick which was hit by Oussama Mechergui. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Fakenham United walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.