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Stokenchurch Park
Spectators: 6726 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kamel Azaïez took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 minutes, Hadj Salem El Ouaer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stokenchurch City and the Croyde players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd match minute, Stokenchurch City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hadj Salem El Ouaer to maneuver through the defense. After 12 minutes, Adel Trabelsi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croyde and the Stokenchurch City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th minute, one of Croyde:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Croyde. In the 14th minute there was a penalty for Stokenchurch City. Mokhtar Mechergui stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mohamad Sallemi. 1-0. Fakhreddine Bejaoui sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mohamad Sallemi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mohamed Kadri, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 23rd minute, Chokri Morjane hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kaies Bachraoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamad Sallemi having to interfere. Mohamed Kadri spun around in front of the goal 28 minutes in the game and got away a good shot, but Mohamad Sallemi grabbed the ball before it went up in top right corner. Croyde's Mohamad Sallemi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Croyde from getting a goal against them. Ali Souissi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kamel Azaïez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Stokenchurch City's Sahbi Ben Jaïdi got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Kaies Bachraoui blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mohamad Sallemi having to make a save. Mohamed Kadri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamad Sallemi having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mohamed Kadri to strike the kick off in the second half. When Stokenchurch City's Mohamed Kadri in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Croyde's goalie prevented a goal. 1-1 became the score in the 57th minute when Kamel Azaïez elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Iteb Dhouib hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. The supporters of Stokenchurch City booed when Croyde was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raouf Ouakili didn't get a good kick on the ball. 77 minutes into the game, Mohamed Kadri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Mohamad Sallemi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Stokenchurch City's Hadj Salem El Ouaer got a free kick in the 79th minute. When Stokenchurch City's Mohamed Kadri in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Croyde's goalie prevented a goal. Habib Ali Khalifa hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the match, Croyde's goal looked a bit too open when Mohamed Kadri came free, but Mohamad Sallemi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Mokhtar Mechergui fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Stokenchurch City's protests and gave Mokhtar Mechergui a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Stokenchurch City's Mokhtar Mechergui got a free kick in the 87th minute. It was beautiful to see Croyde's Raouf Ouakili in action when he in the 89th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Sahbi Ben Jaïdi's late challenge caught a Croyde's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sahbi Ben Jaïdi helped the player get up and apologised. In the 92nd minute, Sahbi Ben Jaïdi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fakhreddine Bejaoui fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Souissi having to interfere. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Stokenchurch City fans cheered their team off the field, for while Croyde had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.