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Match Report
Khouribga
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ayman Farid got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Abdellatif Belkhayat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ridouane Arazi was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. When Amestan Kachloul came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Salé Atletico 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 Amestan Kachloul couldn't finish the play. In the 7th minute, Abdellatif Belkhayat left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Salé Atletico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 12th minute, Khouribga's Ayman Farid ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Hadji Ouaddou. Hadji Ouaddou yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Kamal Naybet hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Salem Mahdoufi, 17 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Ridouane Arazi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdellatif Belkhayat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 21 minutes of play, Salé Atletico's Abdellatif Belkhayat made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ridouane Arazi was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Salé Atletico booed when Khouribga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ayman Farid didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 27th minute Abdellatif Belkhayat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ridouane Arazi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ayman Farid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Abdellatif Belkhayat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ridouane Arazi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amestan Kachloul in the 39th minute of the match. 50 minutes into the match, Salé Atletico's goalkeeper Hadji Ouaddou had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sajed El Bounadi. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abdellatif Belkhayat to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Awsim El Ghrib in the 53rd minute of play forced Salé Atletico's goalkeeper Hadji Ouaddou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ridouane Arazi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Amestan Kachloul in the 55th minute. Sajed El Bounadi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Hadji Ouaddou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tamir Talhaoui took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hadji Ouaddou. Salé Atletico's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abdellatif Belkhayat in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ridouane Arazi saved Khouribga from getting behind. Ziri Ziyati charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ziri Ziyati the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ziri Ziyati hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Khouribga's Ziri Ziyati got his second yellow card of the match in the 76th minute. The referee ordered Ziri Ziyati off the ground. A collision led to Khouribga getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Ziri Ziyati hit a great ball. After 79 minutes Khouribga's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hisham Lahoua who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Salé Atletico's corner Hisham Lahoua fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ridouane Arazi quite easily take care of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Amestan Kachloul got free with Ridouane Arazi in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sajed El Bounadi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Hadji Ouaddou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 88 minutes, Amestan Kachloul managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Salé Atletico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amestan Kachloul was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 90th minute of the match, Abdellatif Belkhayat tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ridouane Arazi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 90 minutes of play, Salé Atletico's Abdellatif Belkhayat made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ridouane Arazi was left in no man's land by his defense there! 93 minutes into the match, Khouribga's goal looked a bit too open when Abdellatif Belkhayat came free, but Ridouane Arazi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sajed El Bounadi succeeded in the game's 96th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-4.
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