Official Cup

Lusail Stadium Doha
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sofiane Amri got the match started through his kick off. Sofiane Amri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Edmond Nasro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sofiane Amri in the 6th minute of the match. Jussef Zemmamouche stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yahia Zenia's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute, Liamine Schoonmaker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fawzi Drioueche in the 19th minute of play forced Qatar Dust Kickers's goalkeeper Jussef Zemmamouche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Phenomenals FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Safy Bahari in the 20th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mehdi Ahmed in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jussef Zemmamouche saved Qatar Dust Kickers from getting behind. Liamine Schoonmaker hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute of the game Maïssa Lelouch made a throw-in which Safy Bahari played forward. The audience was convinced that Sofiane Amri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edmond Nasro was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Yahia Zenia's late challenge caught a Qatar Dust Kickers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yahia Zenia helped the player get up and apologised. 37 minutes into the match, Sofiane Amri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmond Nasro. Phenomenals FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sofiane Amri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Jussef Zemmamouche didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yahia Zenia went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fawzi Drioueche stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The Qatar Dust Kickers fans' excitement grew in the 55th match minute when Qatar Dust Kickers's Sofiane Amri looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Sofiane Amri might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edmond Nasro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sofiane Amri ran back to his position shaking his head. Cheb Hemdani's late challenge caught a Qatar Dust Kickers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cheb Hemdani helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Qatar Dust Kickers booed when Phenomenals FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cheb Hemdani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sofiane Amri might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edmond Nasro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sofiane Amri ran back to his position shaking his head. Qatar Dust Kickers were furious when Kader Sadi was red carded, 70 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. A collision led to Qatar Dust Kickers getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Kader Sadi hit a great ball. Jussef Zemmamouche made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yahia Zenia in the 79th minute. In the 83rd minute, Hocine Barbarossa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edmond Nasro was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Cheb Brahami fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmond Nasro having to interfere. In the 94th minute, Mustapha Benida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Qatar Dust Kickers's Jussef Zemmamouche proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Qatar Dust Kickers from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yahia Zenia in the 96th minute of play forced Qatar Dust Kickers's goalkeeper Jussef Zemmamouche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qatar Dust Kickers's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.