National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) U21 Morocco's Hamza Abdelghani 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. If Bhadrayu Sethi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hamza Abdelghani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Rajendra Dhaliwal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, U21 Morocco's Osmane Molhamam got a free kick in the 10th minute. Michel Preudhomme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chajju Arora in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Morocco's Souleimane Touzani got a free kick in the 12th minute. U21 Morocco's Souleimane Touzani quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ayudha Lal, made in the 16th minute of the game. 17 minutes into the game, Hamza Abdelghani cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Rajendra Dhaliwal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 21 minutes into the match, U21 Morocco's goal looked a bit too open when Jitinder Arneja came free, but Michel Preudhomme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Michel Preudhomme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jitinder Arneja in the 21st minute of play. U21 Morocco's Bilal Tiberkanin got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Michel Preudhomme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kalila Lanong in the 25th minute of play. After 29 minutes of play, U21 India's Chajju Arora made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel Preudhomme was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ambhoja Rattu kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Rajendra Dhaliwal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from António Silva in the 34th minute of play. Bilal Tiberkanin charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bilal Tiberkanin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Chajju Arora fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Preudhomme having to interfere. After 46 minutes, Chajju Arora mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 India and the U21 Morocco players grew even worse after the yellow card. Chajju Arora hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Chajju Arora to strike the kick off in the second half. Souleimane Touzani charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Souleimane Touzani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chajju Arora in the 54th minute of play forced U21 Morocco's goalkeeper Michel Preudhomme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Michel Preudhomme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kalila Lanong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to U21 Morocco getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. António Silva hit a great ball. Michel Preudhomme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jitinder Arneja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Morocco's Souleimane Touzani quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ayudha Lal, made in the 66th minute of the game. After having played for 67 minutes, Bilal Tiberkanin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Morocco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bilal Tiberkanin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. U21 Morocco's Michel Preudhomme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kalila Lanong in the 70th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jagad Shahraj in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Michel Preudhomme saved U21 Morocco from getting behind. Michel Preudhomme came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 India's Chajju Arora. But to his dismay, Chajju Arora quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jitinder Arneja in the 77th minute of play forced U21 Morocco's goalkeeper Michel Preudhomme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kalila Lanong in the 79th minute of play forced U21 Morocco's goalkeeper Michel Preudhomme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 played minutes U21 India got a freekick which was hit by Ambhoja Rattu. Osmane Molhamam hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Michel Preudhomme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chajju Arora in the 83rd minute of play. Osmane Molhamam's late challenge caught a U21 India's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Osmane Molhamam helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to U21 Morocco getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Osmane Molhamam hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, Chajju Arora made a precise shot to the right of Michel Preudhomme. U21 Morocco's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. 88 minutes into the match, U21 Morocco's goal looked a bit too open when Jitinder Arneja came free, but Michel Preudhomme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, Kalila Lanong had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Michel Preudhomme. U21 Morocco's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kalila Lanong was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1.