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Newton Abbot Stadium
Spectators: 6737 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Farès Bruel made the kick off which started today's match. Mouloud Nima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yunes Chaib, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zidan El Hadi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anis Haddadj made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zakaria Kouici in the 16th minute. Halim Belaout hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. If Zakaria Kouici had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zakaria Kouici struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Anis Haddadj didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Newton Abbot. Halim Belaout received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Anis Haddadj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Farès Bruel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Newton Abbot defense, Farès Bruel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mouloud Nima. The Newton Abbot fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mouloud Nima should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zidan El Hadi during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Zidan El Hadi kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Anis Haddadj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Halim Belaout, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. The supporters of Dereham FC booed when Newton Abbot was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jahid Nekkar didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Halim Belaout to make the kick off. Newton Abbot's Mouloud Nima proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Newton Abbot from getting a goal against them. Zidan El Hadi kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zakaria Kouici in the 59th minute of play forced Dereham FC's goalkeeper Anis Haddadj to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Yunes Chaib came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Dereham FC 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 Yunes Chaib couldn't finish the play. 69 minutes into the match, Zakaria Kouici had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anis Haddadj. Dereham FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zakaria Kouici was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. An unexpected shot in the 74th minute by Yunes Chaib got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Halim Belaout fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anis Haddadj having to interfere. If Zakaria Kouici had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 80 played minutes Dereham FC got a freekick which was hit by Hocine Ulansi. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dereham FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jahid Nekkar was slow to take the kick. During this time Newton Abbot's players had a chance to rest. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Zakaria Kouici managed to get in a good position for a shot. Newton Abbot's supporters rose to their feet, but Zakaria Kouici was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anis Haddadj breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Dereham FC booed when Newton Abbot was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zidan El Hadi didn't get a good kick on the ball. The long shot by Hocine Ulansi in the 90th minute really tested Mouloud Nima's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Anis Haddadj made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Halim Belaout in the 94th minute of play. Anis Haddadj made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zakaria Kouici in the 95th minute of play. In the 96th minute Halim Belaout shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anis Haddadj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.