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Flackwell Heath
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Moustafa Ouakili kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Flackwell Heath's Karim Jouili got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Mohamed Trabelsi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moustafa Ouakili in the 6th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kamel Nafti in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Radhi Meriah prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Salah Belhaj Ghannouchi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 12th match minute, Flackwell Heath was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karim Jouili to maneuver through the defense. In the 15thth minute Mohamad Jawachi got a great chance to score trying to place the ball in the top left corner, but Mohamed Trabelsi was prepared and efficiently stopped the ball from getting in. In the 18th match minute, Flackwell Heath was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tarak Soliman to maneuver through the defense. If Moustafa Ouakili had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Radhi Meriah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kamel Nafti's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, Salah Belhaj Ghannouchi made a precise shot to the right of Radhi Meriah. Flackwell Heath's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Radhi Meriah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kamel Nafti in the 40th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Goldthorpe United's goalkeeper Mohamed Trabelsi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mohamad Jawachi. Mohamad Jawachi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Trabelsi having to interfere. Mohamed Trabelsi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moustafa Ouakili , even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Salah Belhaj Ghannouchi to make the kick off. If Amine Chikhaoui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Goldthorpe United's Med Salem got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Kamel Nafti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 58th minute Moustafa Ouakili shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohamed Trabelsi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mohamad Jawachi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Mohamed Trabelsi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Goldthorpe United's Kamel Nafti got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Karim Jouili kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Mohamad Jawachi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mohamed Trabelsi was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. With his leg Radhi Meriah managed to avoid a goal in the 74thth minute, when Goldthorpe United's Kamel Nafti fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 75th minute, Salah Belhaj Ghannouchi fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Salah Belhaj Ghannouchi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Radhi Meriah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 80 minutes into the game, Salah Belhaj Ghannouchi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Radhi Meriah. Salah Belhaj Ghannouchi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salah Belhaj Ghannouchi in the 83rd minute of play forced Flackwell Heath's goalkeeper Radhi Meriah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kamel Nafti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tarak Soliman hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. If Moustafa Ouakili had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over Goldthorpe United could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Flackwell Heath throughout the match.