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Taza
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Magher Ali started the match with the kick off. Abdelmajid Benthamis short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Youssef Sarraj to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yacoub Maaroufi during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Yacoub Maaroufi kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the game, Cicungh Talha was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xallies's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Taza Maghreb the free kick. After 9 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Xallies! Bilal Antaki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sadid Bourkadi in the 15th minute of play. In the 21st minute of the match, Abdelmajid Benthami got a very nice opportunity to score, but Youssef Sarraj was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. A collision led to Xallies getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Bilal Arazi hit a great ball. Taza Maghreb's Bilal Antaki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marwan Tahiri in the 39th minute of play. Xallies's Marwan Tahiri got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sadid Bourkadi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Bilal Antaki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Bilal Antaki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sadid Bourkadi in the 54th minute of play. If Sadid Bourkadi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abdelmajid Benthami fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Youssef Sarraj having to interfere. Bukkus Belhaj'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. Bukkus Belhaj helped the player get up and apologised. 64 minutes into the match, Marwan Tahiri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bilal Antaki. Taza Maghreb's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marwan Tahiri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Magher Ali in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Youssef Sarraj prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mansour Ahanfouf during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Sadid Bourkadi had several of the Taza Maghreb's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 77 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-2 score and a disappointed Bilal Antaki as he didn't even see the shot coming. Sadid Bourkadi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bilal Antaki having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Sadid Bourkadi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bilal Antaki was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Through an outstanding action, after 92 minutes, Bilal Antaki successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.