League Play-Off

Khouribga Complèxe
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Moustafa Belmahjoub charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Moustafa Belmahjoub the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 6th match minute, Khouribga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moustafa Belmahjoub to maneuver through the defense. Taoufiq Erbati was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 7th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 12 minutes into the game, Ouassim Abrami cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Agwilal Antaki was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Badr Bendahman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Khouribga's supporters rose to their feet, but Badr Bendahman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rouchd Bakkal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Essaouira Union's Rouchd Bakkal got control of the ball when Mokhtar Jilaidi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rouchd Bakkal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rida El Bounadi, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saber Ben Chrifa in the 31st minute of play forced Khouribga's goalkeeper Agwilal Antaki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Saber Ben Chrifa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rouchd Bakkal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rida El Bounadi in the 36th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ouassim Abrami's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agwilal Antaki was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. In the 39th minute, Nour Chakir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rida El Bounadi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 45th minute Rida El Bounadi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rouchd Bakkal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mokhtar Jilaidi got free with Rouchd Bakkal in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rida El Bounadi was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Mokhtar Jilaidi 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. Ilyass Ouhaki kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Khouribga's Mokhtar Jilaidi got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, Saber Ben Chrifa 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ouassim Abrami in the 75th minute of play forced Khouribga's goalkeeper Agwilal Antaki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saber Ben Chrifa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 84 minutes into the match, Ouassim Abrami notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Khouribga's Agwilal Antaki. Agwilal Antaki was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rida El Bounadi in the 93rd minute of play forced Essaouira Union's goalkeeper Rouchd Bakkal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 97 minutes, Rida El Bounadi made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Essaouira Union's Rouchd Bakkal tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Essaouira Union eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.