League

Jericho
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jussef Ben Hamdani took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rabah El-Hadi scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Chadli Abdelghani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 11 minutes into the match, Jericho AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Rabah El-Hadi came free, but Chadli Abdelghani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Jericho AFC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Mohamed Ben Zarabi hit a great ball. A collision led to Jericho AFC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Mohamed Ben Zarabi hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Jussef Ben Hamdani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jericho AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jussef Ben Hamdani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Moulay Saïd-Guerni breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Baker's Moulay Saïd-Guerni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mohamed Ben Zarabi in the 17th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Baker's Faouzi Ziani got a free kick in the 21st minute. In the 22nd match minute, Jericho AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amrani Mansouri to maneuver through the defense. Chadli Abdelghani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cheb Bentifour in the 29th minute of the match. Nasreddine Apap sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Amrani Mansouri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Moulay Saïd-Guerni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 37th play minutes Nasreddine Apap shot 2-1, a short shot which went by Moulay Saïd-Guerni and just under the crossbar into goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Youssef Benbitour in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Chadli Abdelghani saved Jericho AFC from getting behind. When Menad Souakri fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Baker's protests and gave Menad Souakri a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Baker getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Menad Souakri hit a great ball. In the 46th minute, Jericho AFC's Nasreddine Apap dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rabah El-Hadi to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Jericho AFC's Jussef Ben Hamdani sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Moulay Saïd-Guerni narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Jericho AFC booed when Baker was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Menad Souakri didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Nasreddine Apap came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Jericho AFC 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 Nasreddine Apap couldn't finish the play. Jussef Ben Hamdani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Moulay Saïd-Guerni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohamed Ben Zarabi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Moulay Saïd-Guerni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nasreddine Apap in the 61st minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Jericho AFC's Jussef Ben Hamdani sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Moulay Saïd-Guerni narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jericho AFC's Chadli Abdelghani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rabah El-Hadi in the 69th minute of play. A collision led to Baker getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Rabah Zerguelaine hit a great ball. In the 74th minute Nasreddine Apap shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Moulay Saïd-Guerni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 76 minutes, Chadli Abdelghani successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Moulay Saïd-Guerni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jussef Ben Hamdani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chadli Abdelghani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cheb Bentifour in the 82nd minute. After 84 minutes, Jussef Ben Otman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jericho AFC and the Baker players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 84th match minute, Jericho AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jussef Ben Otman to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute of the match Rabah Zerguelaine shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Chadli Abdelghani showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Chadli Abdelghani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rabah El-Hadi in the 87th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nasreddine Apap in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Moulay Saïd-Guerni saved Baker from getting behind. Rabah El-Hadi kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Jussef Ben Hamdani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jericho AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jussef Ben Hamdani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Moulay Saïd-Guerni breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Rabah El-Hadi took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Chadli Abdelghani to make any attempt to save it. The crowd rose to their feet as Cheb Bentifour kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Chadli Abdelghani. That made the score 3-3 in the 96 minute of play. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.