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Watton-at-Stone Stad
Spectators: 6743 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 0) Watton-at-Stone's Sami Chikhaoui got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 10thth minute of the game Slaheddine Karray who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Watton-at-Stone's Habib Cherif was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slaheddine Karray in the 15th minute of play forced Watton-at-Stone's goalkeeper Habib Cherif to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slaheddine Karray received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Habib Cherif tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohamed Ali El Ouaer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Akram Jbara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Mohamed Ali El Ouaer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Watton-at-Stone's supporters rose to their feet, but Mohamed Ali El Ouaer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Akram Jbara breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Akram Jbara made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Sami Chikhaoui sent off a good shot on target. Slaheddine Karray sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 37 minutes into the match, Watton-at-Stone's goal looked a bit too open when Slaheddine Karray came free, but Habib Cherif reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hocine Nefzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Habib Cherif tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Mohamed Ali El Ouaer kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Akram Jbara. That made the score 1-0 in the 43 minute of play. After 48 minutes of play, Watton-at-Stone's Sami Chikhaoui made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Akram Jbara was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The wind increased when Mohamed Ali El Ouaer made the kick off in the second half. Said Ben El Hadj Kacem kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Habib Cherif acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 56th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Oussama Chérif. Akram Jbara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sami Chikhaoui in the 58th minute of play. In the 59th match minute, Watton-at-Stone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anouar Souissi to maneuver through the defense. When Hocine Nefzi came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Honiton 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 Hocine Nefzi couldn't finish the play. Sami Chikhaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Akram Jbara having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Watton-at-Stone's goalkeeper Habib Cherif had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hocine Nefzi. If Hocine Nefzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sami Chikhaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Akram Jbara having to interfere. With a little luck, Watton-at-Stone's Habib Cherif got control of the ball when Hocine Nefzi tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 98th minute, Sami Chikhaoui ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Akram Jbara was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Honiton players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Watton-at-Stone.