U18 World League

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Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mohamed Mezair started the match with the kick off. The supporters of FalconsB FCB booed when Adab FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Noureddine Derrida didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 6th minute Ruben Llope shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nouredine Mimoun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leon Benhamou's late challenge caught a FalconsB FCB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leon Benhamou helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of FalconsB FCB booed when Adab FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Benhamou didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Mohamed Mezair had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Cheb Hamdoud managed to get in a good position for a shot. Adab FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Cheb Hamdoud was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roque Mazuste breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 15 minutes, Clodoveo Navarro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FalconsB FCB and the Adab FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 15th minute, Clodoveo Navarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Froilan Gergori's late challenge caught a Adab FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Froilan Gergori helped the player get up and apologised. In the 16th match minute, FalconsB FCB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Froilan Gergori to maneuver through the defense. Clodoveo Navarro hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Roque Mazuste didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mohamed Mezair went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Mohamed Mezair's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roque Mazuste was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Cheb Hamdoud recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 41 minutes into the game, Ruben Llope was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FalconsB FCB's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Adab FC the free kick. Ruben Llope hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Mohamed Mezair fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roque Mazuste having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fausto Errando stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Robustiano Millano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FalconsB FCB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Adab FC made a substitution. Abdellah Medjadi Mansouri replaced Noureddine Derrida. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Conrado Valentine during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Conrado Valentine hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Mohamed Mezair struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Roque Mazuste didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Adab FC. Fausto Errando took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nouredine Mimoun. Nouredine Mimoun dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. After 78 minutes, Chaba Larbi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Adab FC and the FalconsB FCB players grew even worse after the yellow card. 77 minutes into the game, one of Adab FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave FalconsB FCB a penalty, 79 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ruben Llope, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Adab FC's Nouredine Mimoun. 3-1. Mohamed Mezair fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roque Mazuste having to interfere. In the 92nd match minute, Adab FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hamid Macias to maneuver through the defense. Ruben Llope struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Nouredine Mimoun didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FalconsB FCB. Cheb Hamdoud sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.