League

Hornchurch Park
Spectators: 6758 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 0) Fathi Ben Salah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 9 minutes into the game, Hornchurch City's Riadh Ouertani nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tarak Mrabet made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. If Riadh Ouertani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tarak Mrabet was a little too slow when Anis Khaled got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 19th minute. The score was now 2-0. Adel Sellimi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fathi Ben Salah went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Hichem Beya charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hichem Beya the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Hornchurch City booed when Fleetwood FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hichem Beya didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tarak Mrabet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anis Khaled in the 31st minute of the match. Adel Sellimi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hichem Beya in the 33rd minute of play. Hichem Beya might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adel Sellimi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hichem Beya ran back to his position shaking his head. Fathi Ben Salah's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Adel Sellimi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. Hornchurch City's Adel Sellimi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fathi Ben Salah in the 37th minute of play. In the 39th minute Anis Khaled shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tarak Mrabet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Anis Khaled managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hornchurch City's supporters rose to their feet, but Anis Khaled was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tarak Mrabet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tarak Mrabet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Riadh Ouertani in the 43rd minute. After 44 played minutes Fleetwood FC got a freekick which was hit by Mohieddine Yahia. After having played for 46 minutes, Riadh Ouertani managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hornchurch City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Riadh Ouertani was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Riadh Saidi hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Adel Sellimi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hichem Beya's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Tarak Mrabet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Riadh Ouertani in the 58th minute of play. Tarak Mrabet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anis Khaled in the 61st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Riadh Ouertani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hornchurch City's supporters rose to their feet, but Riadh Ouertani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tarak Mrabet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hichem Beya fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adel Sellimi having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Riadh Saidi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Hichem Beya's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adel Sellimi was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game.