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Williton Park
Spectators: 6724 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tarak Ali Bourguiba started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarak Ali Bourguiba in the 4th minute of play forced Andover AFC's goalkeeper Hatem Kadri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Andover AFC's Hichem Khcharem got a free kick in the 6th minute. Hatem Kadri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tarak Ali Bourguiba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 13 minutes into the match, Williton's goal looked a bit too open when Hichem Khcharem came free, but Ali Zaalani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Williton getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Mahmoud Cherni hit a great ball. Haykel Sboui hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. After 22 minutes, Chokri Bejaoui mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Andover AFC and the Williton players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hatem Kadri made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Chedi Nafti sent off a good shot on target. An unexpected shot in the 41st minute by Haykel Sboui got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hichem Khcharem stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Hichem Khcharem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Zaalani was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. 56 minutes into the match, Williton's goalkeeper Ali Zaalani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdessalem Hadrioui . After 57 played minutes Williton got a freekick which was hit by Mohamed Ben Dhia. In the 63rd minute, Abdessalem Hadrioui ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Zaalani was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Andover AFC booed when Williton was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mahmoud Cherni didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 73rd minute, Chedi Nafti made a precise shot to the right of Hatem Kadri. Andover AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Chedi Nafti recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Hichem Khcharem came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Andover AFC 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 Hichem Khcharem couldn't finish the play. In the 84th minute Hichem Khcharem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Zaalani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 88 minutes, Chedi Nafti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Williton's supporters crossed their fingers, but Chedi Nafti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarak Ali Bourguiba in the 89th minute of play forced Andover AFC's goalkeeper Hatem Kadri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ali Zaalani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hichem Khcharem in the 91st minute of the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.