U23 League

Struthers Park
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Knodi Mammeri started the match with the kick off. Struthers's Mohammad Boutabout quite brazenly broke a throw-in by 陈勇延, made in the 7th minute of the game. 蜀 Wu took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abdelmalek Kharroubi. Abdelmalek Kharroubi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 14 minutes into the game, Roozbeh Nakisa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Abdelmalek Kharroubi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 16th match minute, Struthers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chaba Oussar to maneuver through the defense. 陈勇延 took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 17th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Abdelmalek Kharroubi. Struthers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Roozbeh Nakisa might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Abdelmalek Kharroubi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roozbeh Nakisa ran back to his position shaking his head. Abdelmalek Kharroubi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roozbeh Nakisa, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After 22 minutes ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hakim Abdi who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Hakim Abdi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's 李迅霖 did a great save. In the 28th minute, Ali Macit Yasık left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ≮王者归来≯国际米兰 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Roozbeh Nakisa managed to get in a good position for a shot. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's supporters rose to their feet, but Roozbeh Nakisa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abdelmalek Kharroubi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Abdelmalek Kharroubi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roozbeh Nakisa, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 40th minute Roozbeh Nakisa 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. 43 minutes into the match, 蜀 Wu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abdelmalek Kharroubi. Struthers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 蜀 Wu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 任沙朋 during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 任沙朋 hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Roozbeh Nakisa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Abdelmalek Kharroubi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Macit Yasık, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Roozbeh Nakisa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Abdelmalek Kharroubi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, Struthers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fateh Asma to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roozbeh Nakisa got free with Abdelmalek Kharroubi in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 64th minute, Ali Macit Yasık reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Abdelmalek Kharroubi. The goal made the score 0-6. 李迅霖 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Knodi Mammeri in the 69th minute of play. 任沙朋 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Mohammad Boutabout fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Struthers's protests and gave Mohammad Boutabout a yellow card for diving instead. The throw-in from 郭延默 in the 77th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Struthers's Mohammad Boutabout. A collision led to Struthers getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Nasreddine Mazzid hit a great ball. 陈勇延 was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 79th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roozbeh Nakisa got free with Abdelmalek Kharroubi in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's 蜀 Wu got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Struthers's zone, 蜀 Wu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdelmalek Kharroubi came out of the goal and 蜀 Wu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Struthers's zone, 蜀 Wu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdelmalek Kharroubi came out of the goal and 蜀 Wu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mohammad Boutabout was shown his second yellow card after 87 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a defensive mix-up in Struthers's zone, Roozbeh Nakisa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abdelmalek Kharroubi came out of the goal and Roozbeh Nakisa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 彭帆亮 during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 94th match minute, ≮王者归来≯国际米兰 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 彭帆亮 to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over ≮王者归来≯国际米兰 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Struthers throughout the match.