National Stadium
Spectators: 10302 (Terracing: 7727,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pearce Hines took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Nasreddine Djamel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pearce Hines blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hocine Amirouche having to make a save. With a little luck, U21 Australia's Steve Panetta got control of the ball when René Dahleb tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when René Dahleb got free with Steve Panetta in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, U21 MZ Country's Jean Kheyari got a free kick in the 10th minute. After 11 played minutes, U21 Australia's Isaac Cassilly shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hocine Amirouche came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in U21 Australia reached it. Hocine Amirouche didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Neville Burmeister went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Nasreddine Djamel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Steve Panetta made a huge save. Hocine Amirouche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Tongs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Neville Conlan charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Neville Conlan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, U21 MZ Country's Nasreddine Djamel got a free kick in the 27th minute. After having played for 30 minutes, Lucas Tongs managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Australia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lucas Tongs was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hocine Amirouche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Neville Burmeister, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hocine Amirouche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Tongs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 40 minutes into the match, U21 MZ Country's goal looked a bit too open when Neville Burmeister came free, but Hocine Amirouche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 MZ Country's Hocine Amirouche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Tongs in the 42nd minute of play. 43 minutes into the game, Toufik Benmabrouk was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 MZ Country's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Australia the free kick. After 43 played minutes U21 MZ Country got a freekick which was hit by Toufik Benmabrouk. After having played for 44 minutes, Neville Burmeister managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Australia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Neville Burmeister was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to U21 Australia getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Neville Conlan hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.
Pearce Hines could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Hocine Amirouche made a huge save. U21 MZ Country's Hocine Amirouche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Neville Burmeister in the 59th minute of play. René Dahleb hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. U21 Australia's Steve Panetta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nasreddine Djamel in the 63rd minute of play. Hocine Amirouche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Neville Burmeister, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. René Dahleb kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. U21 MZ Country made a substitution. Ali Apap replaced René Dahleb. René Dahleb hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Ali Apap hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. U21 MZ Country's Hocine Amirouche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Tongs in the 86th minute of play. Hocine Amirouche didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 87th minute, which inside left pole to 0-2. In the 90th match minute, U21 MZ Country was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Apap to maneuver through the defense. Hocine Amirouche made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Pearce Hines sent off a good shot on target. Nasreddine Djamel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Steve Panetta having to interfere. Mourad Haddou kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match.
The U21 Australia players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.
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