National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 15959 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 5483, VIP seats: 476) U21 Argentina's Lucio Roldan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Mohamed Zarabi managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 MZ Country's supporters rose to their feet, but Mohamed Zarabi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cipriano Garcia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 8th minute, Paolo-César Maldini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11 minutes into the match, U21 Argentina's Diego Armando Maradona sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Thelma Massi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lucio Roldan in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Thelma Massi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a rather tough play, U21 MZ Country's Knodi Guessoum got a free kick in the 15th minute. Thelma Massi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Armando Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Thelma Massi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Armando Maradona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abdulhamid Benmabrouk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Cipriano Garcia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thelma Massi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Armando Maradona in the 23rd minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, U21 MZ Country's goal looked a bit too open when Diego Armando Maradona came free, but Thelma Massi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diego Armando Maradona who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 26thth minute tested the skills of Thelma Massi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 27th minute U21 Argentina were awarded a corner. Pascual Pitin went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Fulgencio Eli almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 MZ Country's Thelma Massi did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohamed Zarabi in the 28th minute of play forced U21 Argentina's goalkeeper Cipriano Garcia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Diego Armando Maradona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thelma Massi. U21 MZ Country's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diego Armando Maradona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Cipriano Garcia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faouzi Chebal in the 34th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohamed Zarabi in the 36th minute of play forced U21 Argentina's goalkeeper Cipriano Garcia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faouzi Chebal in the 42nd minute of play forced U21 Argentina's goalkeeper Cipriano Garcia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Diego Armando Maradona fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Argentina's protests and gave Diego Armando Maradona a yellow card for diving instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mohamed Zarabi to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, U21 Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Mohamed Zarabi came free, but Cipriano Garcia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 MZ Country's Thelma Massi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Armando Maradona in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Diego Armando Maradona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Argentina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 57thth minute of the game Mohamed Zarabi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Argentina's Cipriano Garcia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Diego Armando Maradona notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of U21 MZ Country's Thelma Massi. Thelma Massi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Faouzi Chebal's late challenge caught a U21 Argentina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Faouzi Chebal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 63rd minute, Faouzi Chebal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U21 MZ Country's Karim Maroc was substituted for Abdulhamid Benmabrouk. Faouzi Chebal kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. In the 65th minute Diego Armando Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thelma Massi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cipriano Garcia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohamed Zarabi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Argentina's Alberto Nahia was substituted for Lucio Roldan. U21 MZ Country's Karim Morceli was substituted for Abdelhamid El-Hadi. U21 MZ Country made a substitution. François Maroc replaced Soltani Khaldi. The supporters of U21 MZ Country booed when U21 Argentina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Godofredo Eriz didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to U21 MZ Country getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. François Maroc hit a great ball. Samuel Endura's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thelma Massi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute U21 Argentina were awarded a corner. Ricardo Centurión went to the cornerflag to take it. Cipriano Garcia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karim Maroc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82nd minute of the match U21 Argentina got a corner. U21 MZ Country's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ricardo Centurión ran over to the corner to take the kick. 86 minutes into the match, U21 Argentina's goalkeeper Cipriano Garcia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mohamed Zarabi. Genaro Maju hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute Karim Maroc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cipriano Garcia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 MZ Country's Thelma Massi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Nahia in the 90th minute of play. In the 91st minute of the match U21 Argentina got a corner. U21 MZ Country's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ricardo Centurión ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led U21 Argentina's Ricardo Centurión to fire away a dangerous shot which Thelma Massi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 96th minute, Karim Maroc reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cipriano Garcia. The goal made the score 4-1.