Challenge

Ergilio Hato Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Abdel Hamid Chaouchi got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Poplar Bluff AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Rocco Owen came free, but Medjadi Lacen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 4th minute, Abdel Hamid Chaouchi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bruno Barrett was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 7 minutes into the match, Curacao's goal looked a bit too open when Hocine Oussalah came free, but Bruno Barrett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rocco Owen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Medjadi Lacen made a huge save. After 16 played minutes Curacao got a freekick which was hit by Stanley Wallace. Bruno Barrett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdel Hamid Chaouchi in the 17th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 19 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Abdel Hamid Chaouchi sped through Curacao's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bruno Barrett. In the 22nd minute, Hocine Oussalah left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Poplar Bluff AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hocine Oussalah in the 26th minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Barrett didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hocine Oussalah went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdel Hamid Chaouchi in the 35th minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute Kyle Davies shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Medjadi Lacen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Abdel Hamid Chaouchi put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Bruno Barrett. Bruno Barrett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hocine Oussalah in the 43rd minute of the match.

The wind increased when Kyle Davies made the kick off in the second half. Abdel Hamid Chaouchi scored 0-9 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bruno Barrett, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 54 minutes into the game, Abdel Hamid Chaouchi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Bruno Barrett. Abdel Hamid Chaouchi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-10. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdel Hamid Chaouchi in the 59th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hocine Oussalah got free with Bruno Barrett in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Bruno Barrett managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when Poplar Bluff AFC's Hocine Oussalah fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Bruno Barrett came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Poplar Bluff AFC's Abdel Hamid Chaouchi. But to his dismay, Abdel Hamid Chaouchi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. Hocine Oussalah who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 68thth minute tested the skills of Bruno Barrett when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 70th minute, Abdel Hamid Chaouchi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Poplar Bluff AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-12. If Rafik Zoheir Saadane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 84 minutes into the match, Hocine Oussalah notched a goal, 0-15, to the right of Curacao's Bruno Barrett. Bruno Barrett was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 87th minute, Abdel Hamid Chaouchi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bruno Barrett. The goal made the score 0-16. 95 minutes into the match, Curacao's goal looked a bit too open when Abdel Hamid Chaouchi came free, but Bruno Barrett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Curacao's Rocco Owen got a free kick in the 96th minute. When the match was over Poplar Bluff AFC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Curacao throughout the match.