League Play-Off

Marrakech
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes, Winaruz Boulami mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Marrakech Hillal and the El Jadida Hillal players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Marrakech Hillal's Winaruz Boulami got a free kick in the 4th minute. When El Jadida Hillal's Souleimane Ataba in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Marrakech Hillal's goalie prevented a goal. After 12 played minutes Marrakech Hillal got a freekick which was hit by Yassir Alioui. Tanan Zerka, 13 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. Murad Azaouagh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Badis Achik having to interfere. A collision led to El Jadida Hillal getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Tanan Zerka hit a great ball. Badis Achik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fathi Benzouin in the 19th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, Yassir Alioui hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Badis Achik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fathi Benzouin in the 25th minute of the match. Afalkay Sakim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Souleimane Ataba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Souleimane Ataba 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Souleimane Ataba in the 38th minute of play forced Marrakech Hillal's goalkeeper Afalkay Sakim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Murad Azaouagh's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Badis Achik read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Imrane Rhanem hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 48 minutes into the match, Wajih Touzani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Afalkay Sakim. Marrakech Hillal's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wajih Touzani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Souleimane Ataba made the kick off in the second half. Badis Achik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fathi Benzouin, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. 56 minutes into the match, El Jadida Hillal's goal looked a bit too open when Murad Azaouagh came free, but Badis Achik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Fathi Benzouin came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Marrakech Hillal 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 Fathi Benzouin couldn't finish the play. Murad Azaouagh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Badis Achik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fathi Benzouin in the 65th minute of play forced El Jadida Hillal's goalkeeper Badis Achik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zeineddine Fakhirs short, quick shot in the 66thth minute got Afalkay Sakim to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Souleimane Ataba in the 74th minute of play forced Marrakech Hillal's goalkeeper Afalkay Sakim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Zeineddine Fakhir 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. If Fathi Benzouin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zeineddine Fakhir struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Afalkay Sakim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Jadida Hillal. In the 90th minute, Murad Azaouagh 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. In the 92nd minute, Zeineddine Fakhir ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Afalkay Sakim was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Souleimane Ataba struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Afalkay Sakim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Jadida Hillal. Afalkay Sakim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Souleimane Ataba went, in the 99th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score.