Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Fodil Otman made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to U21 MZ Country getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Billel Aggoune hit a great ball. Mahieddine Bouzid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Llorienzo in the 5th minute of play. After a rather tough play, U21 MZ Country's Fodil Otman got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 12th minute Artur Van Caels shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mahieddine Bouzid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of U21 MZ Country booed when Caballo Negro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Octavio Segio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute of the match Hocine Assad shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bonifacio Matxin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Mahieddine Bouzid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaudencio Gonchan, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 19th minute Artur Van Caels shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mahieddine Bouzid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, U21 MZ Country's goal looked a bit too open when Di Kang Ying came free, but Mahieddine Bouzid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Billel Aggoune had to leave the field with a concussion. Iker Herensuge hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adélio Mota in the 25th minute of play forced U21 MZ Country's goalkeeper Mahieddine Bouzid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Hocine Assad took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Bonifacio Matxin to make any attempt to save it. Mahieddine Bouzid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Van Caels in the 34th minute of play. In the 38th minute of the match, Abdellah Djura got a very nice opportunity to score, but Bonifacio Matxin was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 43rd minute, Gaudencio Gonchan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the match, U21 MZ Country's goal looked a bit too open when Di Kang Ying came free, but Mahieddine Bouzid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Van Caels in the 51st minute of play forced U21 MZ Country's goalkeeper Mahieddine Bouzid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mahieddine Bouzid made an important save on a dangerous shot by Artur Van Caels in the 52nd minute. 54 minutes into the match, U21 MZ Country's goal looked a bit too open when Gaudencio Gonchan came free, but Mahieddine Bouzid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Amar Fadela scored 2-0 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bonifacio Matxin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Caballo Negro's zone, Fodil Otman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bonifacio Matxin came out of the goal and Fodil Otman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Mimoun Karim Belkassem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bonifacio Matxin was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Caballo Negro's Bonifacio Matxin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fodil Otman in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdelhani Laura Douibi in the 72nd minute of play forced Caballo Negro's goalkeeper Bonifacio Matxin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bonifacio Matxin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mimoun Karim Belkassem went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Mimoun Karim Belkassem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Bonifacio Matxin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpected shot in the 81st minute by Iker Herensuge got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. When Tayeb Benmabrouk fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 MZ Country's protests and gave Tayeb Benmabrouk a yellow card for diving instead. After 87 played minutes U21 MZ Country got a freekick which was hit by Tayeb Benmabrouk. Abel Llorienzo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 88th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Bonifacio Matxin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mimoun Karim Belkassem in the 92nd minute of the match. U21 MZ Country were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Caballo Negro for a fine match.