National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kinjata Sangha took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 8 minutes India's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was John Cruijff who took care of the corner kick. After 10 minutes, Salim Brahami mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MZ Country and the India players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th minute, Salim Brahami hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maïssa Oussar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kinjata Sangha in the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salim Badis in the 17th minute of play forced India's goalkeeper Heman Mahal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st match minute, India was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rohan Sequeira to maneuver through the defense. Chananjeet Bhachu might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Maïssa Oussar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chananjeet Bhachu ran back to his position shaking his head. Maïssa Oussar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chananjeet Bhachu in the 25th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Abd al-Asis Boudiaf threw the ball into play from the sideline. India's Donkal Bagha quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 30th minute, Kinjata Sangha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The India fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. MZ Country's Maïssa Oussar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chananjeet Bhachu in the 36th minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, MZ Country's goal looked a bit too open when Kinjata Sangha came free, but Maïssa Oussar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abdelaziz Nekkar made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in MZ Country's zone, Jawahara Kamle stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Maïssa Oussar came out of the goal and Jawahara Kamle tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kinjata Sangha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Maïssa Oussar made a huge save. In the 56th minute, Caksusya Lell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 57 played minutes, MZ Country's Salim Badis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Heman Mahal 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 MZ Country reached it. A collision led to India getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Kinjata Sangha hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salim Badis in the 65th minute of play forced India's goalkeeper Heman Mahal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute Salim Badis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Heman Mahal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kinjata Sangha got free with Maïssa Oussar in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A throw-in in the 70th minute of the game was made by Abd al-Asis Boudiaf with Abdelaziz Nekkar as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. India's Heman Mahal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salim Brahami in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Yazid Saci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jawahara Kamle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chananjeet Bhachu got free with Maïssa Oussar in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kalapriya Tiwari made a great header on India's corner, it was just that MZ Country's Maïssa Oussar managed to reach the ball for a save. The India players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented MZ Country from taking control. The game ends in a draw.