League

Essex Stadium
Spectators: 6690 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bouzid Hammad got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Bouzid Hammad managed to get in a good position for a shot. Essex's supporters rose to their feet, but Bouzid Hammad was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yazid Djura breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Bouzid Hammad kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Yazid Djura. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. In the 19th minute of the game, Fadel Achiu landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. 19 minutes into the game, Abderraouf Labi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tottenham Hotspur FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Essex the free kick. Abderraouf Labi hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Tottenham Hotspur FC's Yazid Djura got control of the ball when Mohammed Ahmed Rimitti tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Essex booed when Tottenham Hotspur FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ben Dahar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Halim Zakaria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patryk Harasimowicz in the 38th minute of the match. If Mohammed Ahmed Rimitti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Décio Mesquita hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Décio Mesquita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Essex defense, Patryk Harasimowicz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Halim Zakaria. The Essex fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Halim Zakaria should have stopped the shot. Patryk Harasimowicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Halim Zakaria having to interfere. When Abderraouf Labi was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 61 minutes had been played. Abderraouf Labi kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Kassel Beloufa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Yazid Djura tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tottenham Hotspur FC's attentive Ben Dahar managed to snatch the ball when Tahar Djamel made a throw-in in the 66th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Décio Mesquita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tottenham Hotspur FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Décio Mesquita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Halim Zakaria breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ben Dahar hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Halim Zakaria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Décio Mesquita in the 76th minute of play. In the 78th match minute, Tottenham Hotspur FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ben Dahar to maneuver through the defense. Johan Bergström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Halim Zakaria having to interfere. After some careless play in the Essex defense, Décio Mesquita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Halim Zakaria. The Essex fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Halim Zakaria should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Essex lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.