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Manheim Park
Spectators: 9361 (Terracing: 7022, Seating: 2153, VIP seats: 186) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk made the kick off which started today's match. After 6 minutes, Islam Kabakchi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the atlético and the THE OLD BOYS players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, atlético's Islam Kabakchi got a free kick in the 6th minute. Hamid Morceli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Dominix, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 11th minute, Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk 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. When atlético's Ernesto Eguen in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye THE OLD BOYS's goalie prevented a goal. In the 15thth minute of the game Tomas Dominix who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but THE OLD BOYS's Hamid Morceli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 18th minute, Ismael Belloumi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The THE OLD BOYS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. A nice corner shot did that Zebastian Holmberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hamid Morceli quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristóvão Donato didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when THE OLD BOYS's Houari Rimitti shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Cristóvão Donato stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rabah Timsit's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd minute Islam Kabakchi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hamid Morceli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ernesto Eguens short, quick shot in the 35thth minute got Hamid Morceli to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 39th minute, Houari Rimitti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 40 minutes into the match, THE OLD BOYS's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Eguen came free, but Hamid Morceli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, THE OLD BOYS's Ismael Belloumi broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The atlético players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. THE OLD BOYS were winning 0-2.

The wind increased when Ernesto Eguen made the kick off in the second half. Ernesto Eguen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Hamid Morceli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fathi Ben Khalidi got free with Cristóvão Donato in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk's late challenge caught a atlético's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, THE OLD BOYS's Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk got a free kick in the 55th minute. Islam Kabakchi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hamid Morceli having to make a save. Cristóvão Donato showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Tomas Dominix fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamid Morceli having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ernesto Eguen in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hamid Morceli saved THE OLD BOYS from getting behind. atlético made a substitution. Nadir Mami replaced Mourad Kouici. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nadir Mami during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to atlético getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Nadir Mami hit a great ball. After having played for 74 minutes, Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. THE OLD BOYS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Guillaume Laurent Benmabrouk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lennart Bäckström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Cristóvão Donato tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 80 minutes into the match, Iker Etor had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hamid Morceli. THE OLD BOYS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Iker Etor was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Hamid Morceli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aquilino Che in the 88th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Iker Etor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hamid Morceli was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Lennart Bäckström lost his temper 91 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Lennart Bäckström hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. THE OLD BOYS's Hamid Morceli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Dominix in the 92nd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Islam Kabakchi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. THE OLD BOYS were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over atlético's much stronger midfield.