League Play-Off

Guelmim Stade Olympi
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Izem El Akchaoui made the kick off which started today's match. Oujda's Awzal El Asmar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Izem El Akchaoui in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Oujda's goal looked a bit too open when Izem El Akchaoui came free, but Awzal El Asmar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mokhtar Farras in the 9th minute of play forced Guelmim's goalkeeper Usem Obbadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Izem El Akchaoui managed to get in a good position for a shot. Guelmim's supporters rose to their feet, but Izem El Akchaoui was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Awzal El Asmar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With his leg Awzal El Asmar managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when Guelmim's Izem El Akchaoui fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Afulay Soauri's late challenge caught a Guelmim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Afulay Soauri helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Oujda's Afulay Soauri got a free kick in the 16th minute. Asfru Boutayeb received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Usem Obbadi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 22 played minutes Guelmim got a freekick which was hit by Haitham Madih. In the 27th minute of the match Rahim Hamdani sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Usem Obbadi skillfully saved the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Guelmim's zone, Mokhtar Farras stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Usem Obbadi came out of the goal and Mokhtar Farras tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 32 played minutes Guelmim got a freekick which was hit by Ouahib Kadmiri. In the 38th minute, one of Oujda:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Oujda. In the 40th minute there was a penalty for Guelmim. Haitham Madih stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Awzal El Asmar. 1-0. After a rather tough play, Oujda's Asfru Boutayeb got a free kick in the 43rd minute. An unexpected shot in the 48th minute by Izem El Akchaoui got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mokhtar Farras to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Izem El Akchaoui's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Awzal El Asmar was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. 56 minutes into the game, Azmi Yaacoubi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Oujda's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Guelmim the free kick. In the 56th minute, Azmi Yaacoubi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Izem El Akchaoui succeeded in the game's 59th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. In the 62nd minute Izem El Akchaoui shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Awzal El Asmar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Usem Obbadi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mokhtar Farras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Asfru Boutayeb recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 84 minutes, Izem El Akchaoui managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Guelmim's supporters crossed their fingers, but Izem El Akchaoui was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Guelmim booed when Oujda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daoud Ammi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Azmi Yaacoubi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Usem Obbadi made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Oujda's zone, Ouahib Kadmiri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Awzal El Asmar came out of the goal and Ouahib Kadmiri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 95th minute of the match Sami Remch sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Awzal El Asmar skillfully saved the ball. After some careless play in the Oujda defense, Izem El Akchaoui kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Awzal El Asmar. The Oujda fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Awzal El Asmar should have stopped the shot.