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Malmesbury
Spectators: 6732 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Salah Belhaj Souayati started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Malmesbury getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Bechir Ziadi hit a great ball. Hamdi Chedli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salah Belhaj Souayati in the 7th minute of play. Salah Belhaj Souayati received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Hamdi Chedli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the game, Aymen Saber was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Malmesbury's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hexham the free kick. After a rather tough play, Malmesbury's Aymen Saber got a free kick in the 12th minute. After having played for 13 minutes, Heithem Adhoum managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hexham's supporters crossed their fingers, but Heithem Adhoum 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 15th minute Ahmed Attouga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Houcine Ragued saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Houcine Ragued made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aymen Saber in the 17th minute of play. If Ahmed Attouga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hamed Jemmali received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Houcine Ragued tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 23 minutes, Mehdi Jegham mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Malmesbury and the Hexham players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Malmesbury's Mehdi Jegham got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 29th minute, one of Malmesbury: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 Malmesbury. In the 31st minute there was a penalty for Hexham. Mehdi Bourguiba stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Hamdi Chedli. 0-2. Ahmed Attouga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Malmesbury's Ahmed Attouga in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hexham's goalie prevented a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Heithem Adhoum managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hexham's supporters rose to their feet, but Heithem Adhoum was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hamdi Chedli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ahmed Attouga to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Hexham's Slaheddine Santos got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Heithem Adhoum sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 60 minutes of play, Malmesbury's Hamed Jemmali made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Houcine Ragued was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Aymen Saber had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th minute, Ahmed Attouga got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ahmed Attouga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ahmed Attouga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heithem Adhoum in the 86th minute of play forced Malmesbury's goalkeeper Hamdi Chedli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hassen Saidi hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.