League Play-Off

Khenifra
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Youness Bouden in the 5th minute of play forced Khenifra's goalkeeper Mamoun Chihi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Irat Mehdi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mamoun Chihi was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. In the 15thth minute of the game Irat Mehdi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Khenifra's Mamoun Chihi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mansour Iajour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Labib Fellah in the 17th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Khenifra's goal looked a bit too open when Youness Bouden came free, but Mamoun Chihi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mamoun Chihi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Irat Mehdi, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute Taza were awarded a corner. Winaruz Benzakour went to the cornerflag to take it. Youness Bouden might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mamoun Chihi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Youness Bouden ran back to his position shaking his head. Khenifra's Mamoun Chihi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Irat Mehdi in the 28th minute of play. In the 29th minute, one of Khenifra: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 Khenifra. The referee gave Taza a penalty, 31 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Winaruz Benzakour, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Khenifra's Mamoun Chihi. 0-1. In the 33rd match minute, Khenifra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaya Benzoukan to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th minute, Ziri El Brazi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 35 played minutes, Khenifra's Amestan El Morabet shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Mansour Iajour came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Khenifra reached it. Mamoun Chihi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Youness Bouden in the 39th minute of the match. Labib Fellah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mansour Iajour having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Youness Bouden stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, Taza's Irat Mehdi made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mamoun Chihi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Taza's Mansour Iajour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Labib Fellah in the 58th minute of play. Elias Malki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Mansour Iajour tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Irat Mehdi came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Taza 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 Irat Mehdi couldn't finish the play. Youness Bouden struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Mamoun Chihi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Taza. Mamoun Chihi made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Irat Mehdi sent off a good shot on target. In the 74th minute, Elias Malki made a precise shot to the right of Mansour Iajour. Taza's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Elias Malki's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mansour Iajour read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. Irat Mehdi scored 1-3 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mamoun Chihi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Taza players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.