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Er Rachidia
Spectators: 6758 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ajeddig Zairi got the match started through his kick off. Er Rachidia Difaa's Zuhair El Amrani suffered a sore thigh after 2 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Alix Andry charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alix Andry the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alix Andry hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 4th match minute, Al-Hoceima was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kenan Tanyeri to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Al-Hoceima's Mahdi El Bounadi got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 15th minute, Alix Andry hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 16 played minutes, Er Rachidia Difaa's Othmane El Kaddouri shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tayfun Usman 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 Er Rachidia Difaa reached it. In the 17th minute, Udad El Khayati 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. The attack was good, but when Ajeddig Zairi in the 24th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Udad El Khayati's late challenge caught a Er Rachidia Difaa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Udad El Khayati helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Er Rachidia Difaa booed when Al-Hoceima was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Udad El Khayati didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 26th minute, Youmni Azaouagh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Al-Hoceima's Tayfun Usman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ajeddig Zairi in the 29th minute of play. Tayfun Usman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ajeddig Zairi in the 31st minute of the match. Ajeddig Zairi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tayfun Usman having to interfere. 38 minutes into the match, Al-Hoceima's goal looked a bit too open when Ajeddig Zairi came free, but Tayfun Usman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Kenan Tanyeri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Udad El Khayati received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Ashraf Benjelloun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Othmane Bouhaja fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ashraf Benjelloun having to interfere. When Emad Hissou fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Al-Hoceima's protests and gave Emad Hissou a yellow card for diving instead. Othmane El Kaddouri's long shot made the audience stand up and applaude when it rumbled by Tayfun Usman on his right side and into the goal. 57 minutes into the game it was 1-0. Al-Hoceima's Tayfun Usman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ajeddig Zairi in the 59th minute of play. Ajeddig Zairi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 65th match minute, Er Rachidia Difaa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ajeddig Zairi to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Amazigh Bagui got free with Ashraf Benjelloun in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Ashraf Benjelloun managed to avoid a goal in the 74thth minute, when Al-Hoceima's Amazigh Bagui fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Udad El Khayati received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Ashraf Benjelloun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Al-Hoceima's Udad El Khayati got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A hard shot 79 in the game by Amazigh Bagui from a close distance when the talented Ashraf Benjelloun managed to make a qualified save. Er Rachidia Difaa's players were relieved. Thanks to some nice moves Amazigh Bagui could shoot a difficult shot in the 80th minute, which Ashraf Benjelloun however easily saved by the left post. Er Rachidia Difaa's Ashraf Benjelloun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Othmane Bouhaja in the 83rd minute of play. Amazigh Bagui could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Ashraf Benjelloun made a huge save. Udad El Khayati sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Amazigh Bagui's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ashraf Benjelloun was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Er Rachidia Difaa's Ashraf Benjelloun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Er Rachidia Difaa from getting a goal against them. Tayfun Usman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ajeddig Zairi in the 92nd minute of the match. Despite being the better team, Al-Hoceima failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.