U21 League

Warsong Gulch
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Allendale AFC's Ahmed Zenia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 9th minute, Ahmed Zenia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Allendale AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Brahim Boukensa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Didi Chandran in the 14th minute of the match. Brahim Boukensa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Didi Chandran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brahim Boukensa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Didi Kool, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Brahim Boukensa was a little too slow when Didi Chandran got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 19th minute. The score was now 2-1. In the 24th minute, Nagrand's Gabriel Laycock ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Brahim Boukensa. Brahim Boukensa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Gabriel Laycock could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Brahim Boukensa made a huge save. In the 29th minute Ahmed Zenia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Didi Gonçalves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With 33 minutes on the clock, Mohammed Ahmed Chedda commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 34th minute, Mohammed Ahmed Chedda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Didi Kool sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Allendale AFC's zone, Didi Chandran stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Brahim Boukensa came out of the goal and Didi Chandran tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Allendale AFC's Ahmed Reda Bitat got a free kick in the 45th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gabriel Laycock to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Rudy Yi-Sheng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brahim Boukensa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, Nagrand's Didi Chandran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Brahim Boukensa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Brahim Boukensa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Didi Kool, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Brahim Boukensa came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Nagrand's Didi Chandran. But to his dismay, Didi Chandran quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. 70 minutes into the game, Gabriel Laycock cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Brahim Boukensa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 75th minute, Didi Chandran ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Brahim Boukensa was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Laycock in the 79th minute of play forced Allendale AFC's goalkeeper Brahim Boukensa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Allendale AFC defense, Gabriel Laycock kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Brahim Boukensa. The Allendale AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Brahim Boukensa should have stopped the shot. Brahim Boukensa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Didi Kool in the 83rd minute of the match. Brahim Boukensa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Didi Chandran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brahim Boukensa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Didi Kool, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brahim Boukensa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Laycock in the 89th minute of the match. 93 minutes into the game, Didi Chandran cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-1. Brahim Boukensa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Gabriel Laycock had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. There was no doubt that Nagrand were the better team. Nagrand's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.