Friendly League

New Orleans
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abdellah Boniche got the match started through his kick off. After 2 minutes, Ernani Oliveira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Se Leu Mamou and the New Orleans AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Albertino Lucas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Hachemi Belloumi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abdulhamid Prévost hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Se Leu Mamou's Oséias da Costa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Se Leu Mamou from getting a goal against them. Se Leu Mamou's Oséias da Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdellah Boniche in the 15th minute of play. Albertino Lucas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 19thth minute of the game Albertino Lucas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but New Orleans AFC's Hachemi Belloumi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Se Leu Mamou's Oséias da Costa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Se Leu Mamou from getting a goal against them. Jean-Michel Amara's late challenge caught a Se Leu Mamou's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jean-Michel Amara helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rd match minute, New Orleans AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jean-Michel Amara to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes into the game, Albertino Lucas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Se Leu Mamou's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave New Orleans AFC the free kick. In the 24th match minute, Se Leu Mamou was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albertino Lucas to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute, Albertino Lucas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hachemi Belloumi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Se Leu Mamou booed when New Orleans AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yasmina Lelouch didn't get a good kick on the ball. When New Orleans AFC's Abdellah Boniche in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Se Leu Mamou's goalie prevented a goal. Se Leu Mamou's Oséias da Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdellah Boniche in the 37th minute of play. If Abdellah Boniche had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Albertino Lucas to make the kick off. Oséias da Costa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ismael Assad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Yasmina Lelouch fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored New Orleans AFC's protests and gave Yasmina Lelouch a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, New Orleans AFC's Yasmina Lelouch got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 63rd minute Ismael Assad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oséias da Costa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismael Assad in the 66th minute of play forced Se Leu Mamou's goalkeeper Oséias da Costa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute, Adriano Velasco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oséias da Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdellah Boniche, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 85th minute, Abdellah Boniche made a precise shot to the right of Oséias da Costa. Se Leu Mamou's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. The supporters of New Orleans AFC booed when Se Leu Mamou was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adriano Velasco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abdellah Boniche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.