Friendly League

Graveyard
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Abdellatif Benkhirane took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stasio Dombroski in the 4th minute of play forced Marrakech FC's goalkeeper Sebastião Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stasio Dombroski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sebastião Salgado came out and tried to block the shot, but Stasio Dombroski slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 6th minute. Robert Poreda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nacer Khlifi in the 12th minute of the match. When Nacer Khlifi came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Marrakech 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 Nacer Khlifi couldn't finish the play. Marrakech FC's Sebastião Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stasio Dombroski in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Reapers CMN's goalkeeper Robert Poreda, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 23rd minute, Reapers CMN's Luc Skywalker ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Sebastião Salgado. Sebastião Salgado yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Robert Poreda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 27th minute of the match. Robert Poreda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessio Bolognesi in the 28th minute of play. In the 30th minute Abdellatif Benkhirane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Poreda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gilbert Barniszke was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 35 minutes into the match. After 36 played minutes Reapers CMN got a freekick which was hit by Gilbert Barniszke. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 41st minute of play forced Reapers CMN's goalkeeper Robert Poreda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stasio Dombroski's late challenge caught a Marrakech FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stasio Dombroski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 42nd match minute, Reapers CMN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stasio Dombroski to maneuver through the defense. 43 minutes into the game, Marrakech FC's Cássio Proença nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Robert Poreda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Alessio Bolognesi got free with Robert Poreda in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Robert Poreda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmundo Linares in the 61st minute of the match. In the 62nd minute, Mateusz Dubiel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Robert Poreda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alan Mota, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. If Damazy Huk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 76th minute Alessio Bolognesi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Poreda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marrakech FC's Sebastião Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Allan Kullgren in the 79th minute of play. Sebastião Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateusz Dubiel in the 82nd minute of the match. Robert Poreda was out of position in the 83 minute of play, and Abdellatif Benkhirane capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Abdellatif Benkhirane really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Reapers CMN's Robert Poreda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Reapers CMN from getting a goal against them. Reapers CMN's Damazy Huk got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.