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Imzouren
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sadid Bourkadi made the kick off which started today's match. Najim Lahlafi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sadid Bourkadi in the 5th minute of the match. Kamil Bakkal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Youssef Sarraj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 12 minutes into the match, Xallies's Sadid Bourkadi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Najim Lahlafi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sadid Bourkadi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Najim Lahlafi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yacoub Maaroufi kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, Salaheddine Fouhami ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Youssef Sarraj was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 24 minutes into the game, Xallies's Marwan Tahiri nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Najim Lahlafi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Kamil Bakkal's late challenge caught a Xallies's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kamil Bakkal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th match minute, Ben Taib Olympique was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kamil Bakkal to maneuver through the defense. If Kamil Bakkal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Marwan Tahiri came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Xallies 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 Marwan Tahiri couldn't finish the play. 45 minutes into the game, Kamil Bakkal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Youssef Sarraj was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kamil Bakkal to make the kick off. If Kamil Bakkal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Salaheddine Fouhami scored 1-3 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Youssef Sarraj, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sadid Bourkadi might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Najim Lahlafi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sadid Bourkadi ran back to his position shaking his head. Salaheddine Fouhami fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Youssef Sarraj having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Ben Taib Olympique's Kamil Bakkal slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Youssef Sarraj. That made the score 1-4 after 65 minutes of play. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Ben Taib Olympique's Kamil Bakkal in the 69th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Youssef Sarraj was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Xallies through an amazing save. Najim Lahlafi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marwan Tahiri's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. If Marwan Tahiri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marwan Tahiri scored 2-4 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Najim Lahlafi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 83rd match minute, Ben Taib Olympique was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kamil Bakkal to maneuver through the defense. Akersim Bakkal kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Xallies's Youssef Sarraj played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kamil Bakkal in the 86th minute of play. Kamil Bakkal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Youssef Sarraj having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Xallies's Asmun Ouchahbar got a free kick in the 96th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Ben Taib Olympique walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.