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Stroud Park
Spectators: 6735 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 0) Stroud United's Zine Ben Saada 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. After 3 minutes, Said Mechergui mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ashington City and the Stroud United players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 3 played minutes Ashington City got a freekick which was hit by Said Mechergui. Said Mechergui got his second yellow card in the match during the 5th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Ashington City getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Said Mechergui hit a great ball. In the 6th minute of the match Slaheddine al-Husain sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Muhammad Ragued skillfully saved the ball. David Amor's late challenge caught a Stroud United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Amor helped the player get up and apologised. David Amor kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Zine Ben Saada sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sami Slim received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Muhammad Ragued tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ashington City's Abdelwahab Limam got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ashington City's Abdelwahab Limam got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lassaad Bassir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdelwahab Limam in the 31st minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelwahab Limam stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Ashington City's goal looked a bit too open when Zine Ben Saada came free, but Muhammad Ragued reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abdelwahab Limam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Abdelwahab Limam took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Lassaad Bassir to make any attempt to save it. In the 63rdth minute of the game Pierre Bargougui who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ashington City's Muhammad Ragued was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Ashington City getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Mohamed Zidane hit a great ball. Sami Slim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sami Slim received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Muhammad Ragued tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Abdelwahab Limam came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Ashington 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 Abdelwahab Limam couldn't finish the play. Sami Slim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zine Ben Saada in the 73rd minute of play forced Ashington City's goalkeeper Muhammad Ragued to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zine Ben Saada received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Muhammad Ragued tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Abdelwahab Limam came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Ashington 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 Abdelwahab Limam couldn't finish the play. After 84 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ashington City! 88 minutes into the match, Zine Ben Saada had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Muhammad Ragued. Ashington City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zine Ben Saada was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Ashington City's Abdelwahab Limam got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 95 minutes into the match, Stroud United's goalkeeper Lassaad Bassir had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdelwahab Limam. Stroud United's Zine Ben Saada got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stroud United's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.