League

Morrisville Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Redha Gallaire made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 5 minutes, Noureddine Djebbour managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sullivan City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Noureddine Djebbour was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sullivan City's Chaba Djeballi got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker was a little too slow when Redha Gallaire got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 12th minute. The score was now 1-0. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker was out of position in the 19 minute of play, and Redha Gallaire capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Redha Gallaire really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Karim Brahami showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Noureddine Djebbour in the 25th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Sullivan City's zone, Redha Gallaire stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker came out of the goal and Redha Gallaire tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Redha Gallaire in the 28th minute of play. Redha Gallaire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 34 minutes into the match, Sullivan City's goalkeeper Abdel Karim Schoonmaker had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdelnasser Zarabi. 37 minutes into the match, Sullivan City's goalkeeper Abdel Karim Schoonmaker had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abdelnasser Zarabi. 43 minutes into the game, Zīn ud-Dīn Hadjadj was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Morrisville AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sullivan City the free kick. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Chaba Djeballi made the kick off in the second half. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Redha Gallaire in the 57th minute of the match. In the 64th minute Redha Gallaire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdel Karim Schoonmaker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 66 minutes of play, Morrisville AFC's Redha Gallaire made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 70th minute, Abdelnasser Zarabi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zīn ud-Dīn Hadjadj in the 75th minute of the match. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Morrisville AFC's goalkeeper Karim Brahami, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 79 minutes, Noureddine Djebbour mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sullivan City and the Morrisville AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 80th match minute, Sullivan City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Noureddine Djebbour to maneuver through the defense. Abdelnasser Zarabi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abdel Karim Schoonmaker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lakhdar Bahari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdelnasser Zarabi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdel Karim Schoonmaker having to interfere. Morrisville AFC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.