U18 League

Struthers Park
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 吕平鹏 kicked off to start the match. Ahmed Merah might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 吕海枫. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ahmed Merah ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 8th minute, 吕平鹏 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 福建宁德活塞队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 11th match minute, Struthers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fateh Asma to maneuver through the defense. 狄昂松 kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Nasreddine Mazzid charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nasreddine Mazzid the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nasreddine Mazzid hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 福建宁德活塞队's 狄昂松 got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Struthers's Abdelmalek Kharroubi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 吕潮延 in the 21st minute of play. Abdelmalek Kharroubi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 吕潮延 in the 23rd minute of play. 狄昂松's late challenge caught a Struthers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 狄昂松 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 福建宁德活塞队 getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. 狄昂松 hit a great ball. 吕海枫 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ahmed Merah's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. Abdelmalek Kharroubi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 吕平鹏 in the 27th minute of play. In the 29th minute 吕平鹏 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdelmalek Kharroubi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abdelmalek Kharroubi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 狄昂松 in the 30th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Struthers's Knodi Mammeri got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Struthers's Abdelmalek Kharroubi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 吕平鹏 in the 36th minute of play. 吕平鹏 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdelmalek Kharroubi having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by 吕平鹏 in the 39th minute of play forced Struthers's goalkeeper Abdelmalek Kharroubi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdelmalek Kharroubi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 狄昂松 in the 40th minute of the match. Ahmed Merah blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 吕海枫 having to make a save. The supporters of Struthers booed when 福建宁德活塞队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. 吴益轩 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ahmed Merah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 吕海枫 having to interfere. Abdelmalek Kharroubi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 吕潮延, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Knodi Mammeri to make the kick off. 吕平鹏, 52 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 55th minute, 袁明竞 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ahmed Merah in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 吕海枫 saved 福建宁德活塞队 from getting behind. After 57 played minutes 福建宁德活塞队 got a freekick which was hit by 余平洋. 61 minutes into the match, Struthers's goalkeeper Abdelmalek Kharroubi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 吕平鹏. Struthers's Fateh Asma quite brazenly broke a throw-in by 袁明竞, made in the 63rd minute of the game. 吕海枫 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Knodi Mammeri in the 64th minute of the match. The supporters of 福建宁德活塞队 booed when Struthers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chaba Oussar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abdelmalek Kharroubi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 狄昂松, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Knodi Mammeri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelmalek Kharroubi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 吕平鹏 went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 82 minutes into the match, Struthers's goalkeeper Abdelmalek Kharroubi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 吕平鹏. Abdelmalek Kharroubi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 吕平鹏 went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as 福建宁德活塞队's 吕平鹏 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Abdelmalek Kharroubi. That made the score 0-4 after 87 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 狄昂松 in the 90th minute of play forced Struthers's goalkeeper Abdelmalek Kharroubi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 福建宁德活塞队's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.