National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 15921 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 5448, VIP seats: 473) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mohamed Sellimi made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes U21 Tunisia got a freekick which was hit by Chaouki Ben Khcharem. A throw-in in the 4th minute of the game was made by Fatah Abdallah with Adel Ben Salah as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Moustafa Ghodhbane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simon Hylton, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. If Chip White had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Moustafa Ghodhbane was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Simon Hylton capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Simon Hylton really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. After having played for 24 minutes, Simon Hylton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Simon Hylton 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 29th minute, Chip White made a precise shot to the right of Moustafa Ghodhbane. U21 Tunisia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Simon Hylton in the 32ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Moustafa Ghodhbane, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Simon Hylton in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Moustafa Ghodhbane saved U21 Tunisia from getting behind. After 34 minutes, Simon Hylton made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. U21 Tunisia's Moustafa Ghodhbane tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Simon Hylton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chip White might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Moustafa Ghodhbane. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chip White ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simon Hylton in the 48th minute of play forced U21 Tunisia's goalkeeper Moustafa Ghodhbane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chip White stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Fatah Abdallah was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Tunisia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 England the free kick. In the 54th minute there was a penalty for U21 England. Dion Fleetham stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Moustafa Ghodhbane. 4-0. Moustafa Ghodhbane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Hylton in the 60th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, U21 Tunisia's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Hylton came free, but Moustafa Ghodhbane reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Simon Hylton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gordon Talbot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moustafa Ghodhbane having to interfere. In the 75th minute, Chip White ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Moustafa Ghodhbane was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Moustafa Ghodhbane didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when U21 England's Chip White shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 7-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Moustafa Ghodhbane took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simon Hylton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the U21 Tunisia defense, Simon Hylton kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Moustafa Ghodhbane. The U21 Tunisia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Moustafa Ghodhbane should have stopped the shot. 89 minutes into the match, Simon Hylton notched a goal, 10-0, to the right of U21 Tunisia's Moustafa Ghodhbane. Moustafa Ghodhbane was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Simon Hylton put it in 11-0 from a short distance just to the right of Moustafa Ghodhbane. U21 Tunisia's Moustafa Ghodhbane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chip White in the 98th minute of play. U21 England walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.