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Dereham
Spectators: 6740 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Farès Bruel started the match with the kick off. After 2 minutes, Abdelmalek Camus mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dereham FC and the Tunbridge Wells players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Dereham FC booed when Tunbridge Wells was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jahid Ramdane didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th match minute, Tunbridge Wells was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jahid Ramdane to maneuver through the defense. Dereham FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hocine Ulansi in the 20th minute. Aksil Apap hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the match, Tunbridge Wells's goalkeeper Mustapha Boubekeur had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yunes Chaib. The audience was convinced that Farès Bruel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mustapha Boubekeur was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. If Abdechahid Horr had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Aksil Apap had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Dereham FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Ilyas Thabet hit a great ball. After 49 played minutes, Tunbridge Wells's Nacer Hamouda shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Anis Haddadj came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tunbridge Wells reached it. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Abdechahid Horr made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Dereham FC getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Hocine Ulansi hit a great ball. Dereham FC's Anis Haddadj proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Dereham FC from getting a goal against them. In the 56th minute, Farès Bruel 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. In the 58th minute Yunes Chaib shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mustapha Boubekeur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dereham FC's goalkeeper Anis Haddadj, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Abdechahid Horr might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anis Haddadj. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abdechahid Horr ran back to his position shaking his head. Yunes Chaib sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mustapha Boubekeur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Farès Bruel in the 67th minute of the match. Mustapha Boubekeur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Farès Bruel in the 71st minute of the match. Aksil Apap sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dereham FC's goalkeeper Anis Haddadj, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mustapha Boubekeur stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Farès Bruel's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. 79 minutes into the game, Jahid Ramdane was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tunbridge Wells's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dereham FC the free kick. Mustapha Boubekeur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Farès Bruel in the 80th minute of the match. Jahid Ramdane kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. When Aksil Apap came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Tunbridge Wells 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 Aksil Apap couldn't finish the play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.