Official Cup

Tambacunda Farafenni
Spectators: 207 (Terracing: 156, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Louis Branson started the match with the kick off. Abderrahmane Mansouri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hemza Lamine Kab took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Graeme Grantham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9thth minute of the game Chih Zidān who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AMAZON DU DAHOMEY's Gavin Lineker was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Wara's goal looked a bit too open when Graeme Grantham came free, but Hemza Lamine Kab reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 17 minutes, Chih Zidān made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. AMAZON DU DAHOMEY's Gavin Lineker tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Chih Zidān had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 24 minutes into the match, Chih Zidān notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of AMAZON DU DAHOMEY's Gavin Lineker. Gavin Lineker was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wara's Hemza Lamine Kab played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timothy Dennison in the 26th minute of play. In the 27th minute Timothy Dennison shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hemza Lamine Kab saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gavin Lineker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chih Zidān in the 29th minute of the match. Mahieddine Belfaa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 39 minutes of play, Wara's Chih Zidān made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gavin Lineker was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the AMAZON DU DAHOMEY defense, Chih Zidān kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gavin Lineker. The AMAZON DU DAHOMEY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gavin Lineker should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the AMAZON DU DAHOMEY defense, Chih Zidān kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gavin Lineker. The AMAZON DU DAHOMEY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gavin Lineker should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chih Zidān made a kick off. Chih Zidān succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 53rd playminute. Gavin Lineker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chih Zidān went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Mohammad Ihidjaten hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute, Chih Zidān reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gavin Lineker. The goal made the score 0-8. With a little luck, AMAZON DU DAHOMEY's Gavin Lineker got control of the ball when Chih Zidān tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gavin Lineker made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Chih Zidān sent off a good shot on target. Gavin Lineker was out of position in the 73 minute of play, and Chih Zidān capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Chih Zidān really showed his touch with that goal: 0-9. Gavin Lineker was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Chih Zidān showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-10 in the 76 minute of play. Gavin Lineker came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Wara's Chih Zidān. But to his dismay, Chih Zidān quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mahieddine Belfaa in the 82nd minute of play forced AMAZON DU DAHOMEY's goalkeeper Gavin Lineker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gavin Lineker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chih Zidān, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 85 minutes of play, Wara's Chih Zidān made it 0-12 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gavin Lineker was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 88th minute, Chih Zidān reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gavin Lineker. The goal made the score 0-13. The crowd rose to their feet as Chih Zidān kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gavin Lineker. That made the score 0-14 in the 91 minute of play. Wara's Chih Zidān got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.