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Chelmsford Park
Spectators: 6757 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zoubeir Belkhodja made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Chelmsford's Zoubeir Belkhodja ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mohamed Kallel. Mohamed Kallel yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Caid Boumnijel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohamed Kallel having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hamza Hadda during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 9th match minute, Kesgrave was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hamza Hadda to maneuver through the defense. Kesgrave's Mohamed Kallel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zoubeir Belkhodja in the 10th minute of play. Chelmsford's Mohamed Ragued played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdallah Baccouche in the 15th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Abdessalem Bouazizi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mohamed Ragued was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Abdallah Baccouche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Kesgrave booed when Chelmsford was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Habib Haggui didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kesgrave's Abdessalem Bouazizi got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Abdallah Baccouche had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mohamed Ragued showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdessalem Bouazizi in the 41st minute of the match. If Abdessalem Bouazizi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdallah Baccouche in the 45th minute of play forced Chelmsford's goalkeeper Mohamed Ragued to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Abdallah Baccouche managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kesgrave's supporters rose to their feet, but Abdallah Baccouche was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mohamed Ragued breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abdallah Baccouche was the one to do the kick off. Kesgrave's Abdessalem Bouazizi got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Emir Haj Ali Bourguiba charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emir Haj Ali Bourguiba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the match had been going on for 56 minutes, Kesgrave's Abdelhamid Bargougui got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Mohamed Ragued. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chelmsford's goalkeeper Mohamed Ragued, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mohamed Kallel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Caid Boumnijel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Kesgrave booed when Chelmsford was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fatah Bouazizi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Caid Boumnijel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hamza Hadda got his second yellow card in the match during the 74th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Hamza Hadda kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Mohamed Kallel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zoubeir Belkhodja in the 84th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abdessalem Bouazizi got free with Mohamed Ragued in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Abdessalem Bouazizi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kesgrave's supporters rose to their feet, but Abdessalem Bouazizi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mohamed Ragued breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Chelmsford were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Kesgrave for a fine match.