World League

Marrakesh Complèxe
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alexander Tan kicked off to start the match. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nacer Khlifi, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 6 minutes into the match, Nacer Khlifi notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi. Afiq Hongyi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacer Khlifi in the 9th minute of play forced 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes into the game, Faiz Tan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Marrakech FC the free kick. Faiz Tan kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Afiq Hongyi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cássio Proença in the 13th minute. After 14 minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nacer Khlifi who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Abdellatif Benkhirane got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Afiq Hongyi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Sean Yip hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute of the match Nacer Khlifi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Afiq Hongyi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Faiz Tan got his second yellow card of the match in the 17th minute. The referee ordered Faiz Tan off the ground. After 17 played minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by Faiz Tan. Felix Braddell kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Afiq Hongyi was out of position in the 28 minute of play, and Abdellatif Benkhirane capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Abdellatif Benkhirane really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. After some careless play in the 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 defense, Nacer Khlifi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Afiq Hongyi. The 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Afiq Hongyi should have stopped the shot. Afiq Hongyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nacer Khlifi in the 42nd minute of play. Jithu Vijiaratnam's late challenge caught a Marrakech FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jithu Vijiaratnam helped the player get up and apologised. In the 44th match minute, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jithu Vijiaratnam to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Cássio Proença fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abdellatif Benkhirane to make the kick off. After 52nd play minutes Abdellatif Benkhirane shot 6-0, a short shot which went by Afiq Hongyi and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 55th minute, Nacer Khlifi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Afiq Hongyi was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. 59 minutes into the game, Marrakech FC's Alessio Bolognesi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Afiq Hongyi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Nacer Khlifi scored 9-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afiq Hongyi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 65 played minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by Felix Braddell. Marrakech FC's Cássio Proença got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abdellatif Benkhirane took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Afiq Hongyi. Afiq Hongyi 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. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nacer Khlifi, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 74 minutes into the match, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Alan Mota came free, but Afiq Hongyi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute Abdellatif Benkhirane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afiq Hongyi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Sean Yip hit a great ball. Afiq Hongyi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 79th minute of play. Afiq Hongyi came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Marrakech FC's Abdellatif Benkhirane. But to his dismay, Abdellatif Benkhirane quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-0. Afiq Hongyi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nacer Khlifi, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Afiq Hongyi came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Marrakech FC's Abdellatif Benkhirane. But to his dismay, Abdellatif Benkhirane quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 12-0. After 90 minutes of play, Marrakech FC's Nacer Khlifi made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Afiq Hongyi was left in no man's land by his defense there! 93 minutes into the match, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Nacer Khlifi came free, but Afiq Hongyi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Abdellatif Benkhirane came free, but Afiq Hongyi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marrakech FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.