National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca got the match started through his kick off. 7 minutes into the match, U21 Tunisia's goal looked a bit too open when Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca came free, but Kaies Zaalani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Tunisia's zone, Leonardo Santiyan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kaies Zaalani came out of the goal and Leonardo Santiyan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 12th minute, Umea Caubilla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kaies Zaalani. The goal made the score 2-0. U21 Ecuador's attentive Xan Gaona managed to snatch the ball when Ali Bouzayène made a throw-in in the 15th minute of the game. Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kaies Zaalani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Youssef Ben Jouili kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kaies Zaalani. Kaies Zaalani dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Kaies Zaalani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Umea Caubilla, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 29 minutes into the match, U21 Ecuador's Umea Caubilla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kaies Zaalani narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 32 minutes of play, U21 Ecuador's Umea Caubilla made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kaies Zaalani was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 35th minute of the match, Umea Caubilla got a very nice opportunity to score, but Kaies Zaalani was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 37 minutes U21 Tunisia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Xan Gaona who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on U21 Ecuador's corner Xan Gaona fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Kaies Zaalani quite easily take care of the ball. In the 38th minute, U21 Ecuador's Umea Caubilla dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-0. The throw-in from Ali Bouzayène in the 41st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by U21 Ecuador's Xan Gaona. U21 Ecuador's Umea Caubilla came free and shot a quick shot against goal 42 minutes in the game, fortunately Kaies Zaalani had problems saving as it came toward the left post. In the 43rd minute, Rio Ferdinand hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Youssef Ben Jouili to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute U21 Ecuador were awarded a corner. Xan Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 60th minute Leonardo Santiyan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaies Zaalani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kaies Zaalani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Umea Caubilla went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. U21 Ecuador made a substitution. Tin Delgado replaced Umea Caubilla. U21 Ecuador made a substitution. Marquez Padolles replaced Danny-Rafael De La Rosa-Choca. U21 Ecuador made a substitution. Carnero Viergol replaced Tyrone Rubayo. 66 minutes into the match, U21 Tunisia's goal looked a bit too open when Tin Delgado came free, but Kaies Zaalani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute, Tin Delgado got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 70 minutes into the match, Marquez Padolles notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of U21 Tunisia's Kaies Zaalani. Kaies Zaalani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. U21 Tunisia's Kaies Zaalani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tin Delgado in the 72nd minute of play. U21 Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Xan Gaona in the 74th minute. The corner ended in Xan Gaona almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 Tunisia's Kaies Zaalani did a great save. Kais Mokadem made in the 76th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by U21 Ecuador's Xan Gaona. 77 minutes into the match, U21 Tunisia's goal looked a bit too open when Marquez Padolles came free, but Kaies Zaalani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kaies Zaalani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tin Delgado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tin Delgado's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kaies Zaalani read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. In the 86th minute, Tin Delgado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. Tin Delgado's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kaies Zaalani read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 89th minute of play. 92 minutes into the game, Tin Delgado cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Kaies Zaalani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. U21 Ecuador were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of U21 Tunisia for a fine match.