Official Cup

Marrakesh Complèxe
Spectators: 190 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abdellatif Benkhirane started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Marrakech FC booed when Tollesbury was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ndidi Ikani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nacer Khlifi took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Manasseh Adejuyigbe. Manasseh Adejuyigbe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Emelogu Mutawalle charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emelogu Mutawalle the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Abdellatif Benkhirane was extremely unlucky when he, in the 12th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Manasseh Adejuyigbe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 13th minute of the match. Tollesbury's Manasseh Adejuyigbe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 13th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Johnny Västerberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 18th minute, Nacer Khlifi made a precise shot to the right of Manasseh Adejuyigbe. Tollesbury's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Sebastião Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timothy Ismaila Taiwo in the 22nd minute of the match. Alan Mota kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Rafael Oyelere charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rafael Oyelere the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 25 played minutes Tollesbury got a freekick which was hit by Rafael Oyelere. Nacer Khlifi was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 26th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Rafael Oyelere was shown his second yellow card after 30 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Cássio Proença might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Manasseh Adejuyigbe. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cássio Proença ran back to his position shaking his head. After 37 minutes, Nacer Khlifi made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Tollesbury's Manasseh Adejuyigbe tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 41st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Manasseh Adejuyigbe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Manasseh Adejuyigbe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdellatif Benkhirane, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Langston Eziaghighala stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Tollesbury getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Ita Lala hit a great ball. Abdellatif Benkhirane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manasseh Adejuyigbe having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Abdellatif Benkhirane's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manasseh Adejuyigbe was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. In the 67th minute, Alan Mota ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manasseh Adejuyigbe was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. After 71 played minutes Marrakech FC got a freekick which was hit by Abdellatif Benkhirane. After some careless play in the Tollesbury defense, Cássio Proença kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manasseh Adejuyigbe. The Tollesbury fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manasseh Adejuyigbe should have stopped the shot. Timothy Ismaila Taiwo hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute, Alan Mota made a precise shot to the right of Manasseh Adejuyigbe. Tollesbury's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. 93 minutes into the match, Tollesbury's goal looked a bit too open when Nacer Khlifi came free, but Manasseh Adejuyigbe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abdellatif Benkhirane took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Manasseh Adejuyigbe. Manasseh Adejuyigbe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0. When the referee ended the match the Marrakech FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.