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Ben Taib
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) When Ahmad Boualouch fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored JO Casablanca's protests and gave Ahmad Boualouch a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to JO Casablanca getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Ahmad Boualouch hit a great ball. Naji Zemmama showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 8th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the game, Abdellatif Benkhirane cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Naji Zemmama was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Abdellatif Benkhirane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rachid Fegrouch charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rachid Fegrouch the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th match minute, JO Casablanca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rachid Fegrouch to maneuver through the defense. Sebastião Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chokri Boualouch in the 18th minute of play. Shao Jian Song hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. JO Casablanca's Loutfi Belabed couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 19th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Marrakech FC. After 22 played minutes Marrakech FC got a freekick which was hit by Nacer Khlifi. A hard shot by Chokri Boualouch from long distance, 23 minutes into the match, got Sebastião Salgado's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Naji Zemmama showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alessio Bolognesi in the 25th minute of the match. Ahmad Boualouchs short, quick shot in the 29thth minute got Sebastião Salgado to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Abdellatif Benkhirane sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The throw-in from Amenzu Chippo in the 32nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Marrakech FC's Vuyani Tshabalala. JO Casablanca's Naji Zemmama played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 34th minute of play. After 35 minutes JO Casablanca's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nacer Khlifi who took care of the corner kick. Nacer Khlifi made a great header on Marrakech FC's corner, it was just that JO Casablanca's Naji Zemmama managed to reach the ball for a save. 37 minutes into the match, Marrakech FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rachid Fegrouch came free, but Sebastião Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Marrakech FC's Alan Mota got a free kick in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmad Boualouch in the 39th minute of play forced Marrakech FC's goalkeeper Sebastião Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 41 minutes, Amenzu Chippo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the JO Casablanca and the Marrakech FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 41st match minute, JO Casablanca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amenzu Chippo to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd match minute, Marrakech FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shao Jian Song to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Loutfi Belabed from long distance, 44 minutes into the match, got Sebastião Salgado's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Naji Zemmama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nacer Khlifi, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abdellatif Benkhirane was the one to do the kick off. Naji Zemmama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdellatif Benkhirane, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After having played for 56 minutes, Nacer Khlifi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Marrakech FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nacer Khlifi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Naji Zemmama took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nacer Khlifi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdellatif Benkhirane scored 0-3 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Naji Zemmama, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 63 minutes into the match, Marrakech FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mahdi Mehdi came free, but Sebastião Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Naji Zemmama didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nacer Khlifi went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 69th minute of play forced JO Casablanca's goalkeeper Naji Zemmama to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Nacer Khlifi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 70 played minutes, JO Casablanca's Chokri Boualouch shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sebastião Salgado 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 JO Casablanca reached it. Sebastião Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmad Boualouch in the 73rd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alan Mota got free with Naji Zemmama in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cássio Proença took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Naji Zemmama. Naji Zemmama dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. After 84 minutes of play, Marrakech FC's Nacer Khlifi made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Naji Zemmama was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 86 played minutes Marrakech FC got a freekick which was hit by Nacer Khlifi. Marrakech FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.