League

Lusail Stadium Doha
Spectators: 10789 (Terracing: 8093, Seating: 2481, VIP seats: 215) Soltani Drid made the kick off and thus started the match. Johnny van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Soltani Drid, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes into the match, Qatar Dust Kickers's goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Coque came free, but Jussef Zemmamouche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. La manada fc's Johnny van der Sar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save La manada fc from getting a goal against them. Gilles Tahar hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Jussef Zemmamouche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samir Menad in the 32nd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, La manada fc's goal looked a bit too open when Soltani Drid came free, but Johnny van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Samir Menad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jussef Zemmamouche was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Anthar Bensaoula took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jussef Zemmamouche. Jussef Zemmamouche dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Qatar Dust Kickers's Jussef Zemmamouche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samir Menad in the 46th minute of play. Abdelaziz Halimi hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Samir Menad to make the kick off. La manada fc's Mehdi Larbes got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Qatar Dust Kickers's zone, Mohamed Merzekane stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jussef Zemmamouche came out of the goal and Mohamed Merzekane tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Qatar Dust Kickers's Maamar Soltani got a free kick in the 57th minute. A collision led to La manada fc getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Samir Menad hit a great ball. Johnny van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilles Tahar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Johnny van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilles Tahar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Johnny van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohammed Matoub in the 64th minute of play. Samir Menad received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jussef Zemmamouche came out and tried to block the shot, but Samir Menad slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 68th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Djamal Beloufa managed to get in a good position for a shot. La manada fc's supporters rose to their feet, but Djamal Beloufa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jussef Zemmamouche breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samir Menad in the 78th minute of play forced Qatar Dust Kickers's goalkeeper Jussef Zemmamouche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jussef Zemmamouche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Djamal Beloufa in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute Samir Menad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jussef Zemmamouche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Maamar Soltani in the 91st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by La manada fc's Mehdi Larbes. Johnny van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abderrachid Madouni in the 93rd minute of the match. Jussef Zemmamouche made an important save on a dangerous shot by Samir Menad in the 94th minute. The La manada fc supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing La manada fc would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.