Official Cup

Theatre of Dionysus
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Madjid Raï made the kick off which started today's match. MORPH's Gustavo-Hernán Armani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save MORPH from getting a goal against them. With 4 minutes on the clock, Gustavo-Hernán Gattoni commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After a rather tough play, MORPH's Gustavo-Hernán Gattoni got a free kick in the 4th minute. When Madjid Raï came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Chop Chop F.C. 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 Madjid Raï couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Madjid Raï got free with Gustavo-Hernán Armani in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, MORPH's Gustavo-Hernán Armani got control of the ball when Noureddine Belloumi tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 18th minute, Bernardino Santikurtz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Madjid Raï received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gustavo-Hernán Armani came out and tried to block the shot, but Madjid Raï slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 20th minute. Abdelmalek Abdelghani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Gustavo-Hernán Armani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 27 minutes into the game, Lakhdar Souakri recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gustavo-Hernán Armani. Lakhdar Souakri showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. 33 minutes into the match, MORPH's goal looked a bit too open when Madjid Raï came free, but Gustavo-Hernán Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gustavo-Hernán Armani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Madjid Raï went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. After having played for 42 minutes, Noureddine Belloumi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chop Chop F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Noureddine Belloumi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gustavo-Hernán Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Madjid Raï, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz to strike the kick off in the second half. Gustavo-Hernán Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdelmalek Abdelghani, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 55 minutes into the match, Noureddine Belloumi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gustavo-Hernán Armani. MORPH's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Noureddine Belloumi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. After a rather tough play, MORPH's Gustavo-Hernán Kranevitter got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 64th minute, Madjid Raï ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gustavo-Hernán Armani was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Gustavo-Hernán Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noureddine Belloumi, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. A collision led to MORPH getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Gustavo-Hernán De La Cruz hit a great ball. Gustavo-Hernán Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Madjid Raï in the 71st minute of the match. Gustavo-Hernán Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Noureddine Belloumi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the match, MORPH's goal looked a bit too open when Mamaar Chedda came free, but Gustavo-Hernán Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chop Chop F.C. made a substitution. Abdelaziz Ben Khalidi replaced Noureddine Belloumi. If Abdelmalek Abdelghani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 85 minutes into the match, Madjid Raï had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gustavo-Hernán Armani. MORPH's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Madjid Raï was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. 88 minutes into the match, MORPH's goal looked a bit too open when Lakhdar Souakri came free, but Gustavo-Hernán Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Madjid Raï in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gustavo-Hernán Armani prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 91st minute Mamaar Chedda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustavo-Hernán Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chop Chop F.C.'s Madjid Raï got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Chop Chop F.C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.