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Eastfield Stadium
Spectators: 6756 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1756, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ben Mrabet took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Tamworth United's zone, Ali Mnari stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mehdi Saidi came out of the goal and Ali Mnari tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 5th minute, Tamworth United's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ali Mnari fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Tamworth United's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Aymen Missaoui 7 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. Chaouki Mabrouk charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chaouki Mabrouk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Chaouki Mabrouk kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Karim Chérif's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adel M'Hedhbi was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Eastfield City's zone, Ben Mrabet stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adel M'Hedhbi came out of the goal and Ben Mrabet tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Karim Chérif had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 20th minute, Aymen Missaoui 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. Adel M'Hedhbi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karim Chérif in the 24th minute of the match. Adel M'Hedhbi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ben Mrabet, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Mohamed ibn Ali hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Ben Mrabet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Adel M'Hedhbi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 28 minutes, Karim Chérif managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tamworth United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karim Chérif was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 30th minute, Ali Mnari got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 32nd minute, Eastfield City's Aymen Missaoui dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Adel M'Hedhbi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Chérif, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 37th minute Karim Chérif shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adel M'Hedhbi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Karim Chérif received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Adel M'Hedhbi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ali Mnari came free with the goalkeeper in the 43rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Mehdi Saidi could save by the left post. If Karim Chérif had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ali Mnari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Mehdi Saidi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aymen Missaoui was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Eastfield City's goal looked a bit too open when Ben Mrabet came free, but Adel M'Hedhbi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karim Chérif got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 2-1 in the right cross in the 54th match minute before Adel M'Hedhbi had time to react. Adel M'Hedhbi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Karim Chérif went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Karim Chérif could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Adel M'Hedhbi made a huge save. Karim Chérif fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adel M'Hedhbi having to interfere. When Aymen Missaoui came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Eastfield 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 Aymen Missaoui couldn't finish the play. Adel M'Hedhbi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ben Mrabet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Ali Mnari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92nd match minute, Eastfield City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chaouki Mabrouk to maneuver through the defense. After 95 minutes of play, Tamworth United's Karim Chérif made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adel M'Hedhbi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tamworth United's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.