World League

Río Miño
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) Mikel Bravo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alan Mota, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Marrakech FC's Sebastião Salgado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Marrakech FC from getting a goal against them. Mikel Bravo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abdellatif Benkhirane went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacer Khlifi in the 24th minute of play forced !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s goalkeeper Mikel Bravo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27thth minute of the game Xulian Aguilo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Marrakech FC's Sebastião Salgado was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Luciano Unzueta took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Sebastião Salgado to make any attempt to save it. After 34 minutes of play, Marrakech FC's Nacer Khlifi made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mikel Bravo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sebastião Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xulian Aguilo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sebastião Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nesor Millán, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute, Nacer Khlifi made a precise shot to the right of Mikel Bravo. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. The supporters of Marrakech FC booed when !Pabellon Ourense C.F. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xulian Aguilo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mikel Bravo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nacer Khlifi in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Luciano Unzueta's late challenge caught a Marrakech FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luciano Unzueta helped the player get up and apologised. Luciano Unzueta hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Sebastião Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xulian Aguilo in the 57th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Marrakech FC's Mikel Bravo threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Abdellatif Benkhirane, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. !Pabellon Ourense C.F. made a substitution. Lino Amer replaced Xulian Aguilo. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s Bermudo Domingo was substituted for Luciano Unzueta. After a rather tough play, !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s Eladio Borrás got a free kick in the 62nd minute. The audience was convinced that Abdellatif Benkhirane's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikel Bravo was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Marrakech FC were awarded a corner in the 64th minute after !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nacer Khlifi took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Alan Mota heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The supporters of Marrakech FC booed when !Pabellon Ourense C.F. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tonio Mondejar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mikel Bravo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nacer Khlifi in the 72nd minute of play. In the 74th minute Bermudo Domingo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastião Salgado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot by Nacer Khlifi from long distance, 76 minutes into the match, got Mikel Bravo's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. If Abdellatif Benkhirane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s Bela Rojas got a free kick in the 85th minute. Marrakech FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nacer Khlifi in the 86th minute. 90 minutes into the game, Bela Rojas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Marrakech FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s Bela Rojas got a free kick in the 90th minute. Nacer Khlifi shot from long distance in the 91st minute, but Mikel Bravo was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s Mikel Bravo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nacer Khlifi in the 92nd minute of play. After 93 played minutes !Pabellon Ourense C.F. got a freekick which was hit by Lino Amer. After a defensive mix-up in !Pabellon Ourense C.F.'s zone, Abdellatif Benkhirane stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mikel Bravo came out of the goal and Abdellatif Benkhirane tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The !Pabellon Ourense C.F. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Marrakech FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.