League Play-Off

Figuig Stade Olympiq
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nacer Bosaroukh started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Abdelali Belabed left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Guelmim Difaa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The Figuig Tihad fans' excitement grew in the 6th match minute when Figuig Tihad's Afalkay Tiberkanin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. If Haitham Doulyazal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Agwmar Talhaoui's late challenge caught a Guelmim Difaa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Agwmar Talhaoui helped the player get up and apologised. 23 minutes into the game, one of Figuig Tihad:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Murad El Brazi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdelali Belabed in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Afalkay Tiberkanin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Boutahar El Hadrioui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Murad El Brazi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Murad El Brazi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Guelmim Difaa's Boutahar El Hadrioui shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Haitham Doulyazal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aslal Baha having to interfere. Murad El Brazi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boutahar El Hadrioui, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Nouman Timoumi charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nouman Timoumi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th minute, Nouman Timoumi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Figuig Tihad's supporters stood up full of expectation in the 48th minute of the game, when Afalkay Tiberkanin after an extraordinary solo performance found himself with a golden opportunity in front of Guelmim Difaa's goal. Afalkay Tiberkanin was unfortunally a little to anxious and the ball went outside the goal. After the first half Guelmim Difaa were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Boutahar El Hadrioui to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Haitham Doulyazal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aslal Baha was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. When Figuig Tihad's Nacer Bosaroukh in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Guelmim Difaa's goalie prevented a goal. In the 65th minute Figuig Tihad were awarded a corner. Agwmar Talhaoui went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Figuig Tihad's Rida Dadi getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Haitham Doulyazal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had been going on for 74 minutes, Guelmim Difaa's Nouman Timoumi got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Murad El Brazi. Boutahar El Hadrioui hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Aslal Baha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haitham Doulyazal in the 78th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Guelmim Difaa's Boutahar El Hadrioui slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Murad El Brazi. That made the score 1-5 after 85 minutes of play. Murad El Brazi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boutahar El Hadrioui, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdelali Belabed fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Murad El Brazi having to interfere. Nouman Timoumi shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. The Figuig Tihad supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Guelmim Difaa's performance. The match ended with a win for Guelmim Difaa.