Oued 0 - 9 hssinou (392493732)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 7000 that came out to El Oued Arena. Daniel Duvsten was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Olle Persson and Andreas Brink. Oued had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Aoune - Laoubi, Ounis, Hadj Said, Nait Atmane - Gougam, Bengouga, Segdi, Sberro - Khellef, Sahraoui.

hssinou decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Musayyab - Scippa, Afonso Gomes, Iommi, Baños de Molgas - Neggazi, Benghera, Foti, Torriani - Meurant, Ruggiero.

The wings were the focus of most of hssinou's attacks today. The visiting E. Ruggiero was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 18 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. The visitors' K. Meurant took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 19 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for hssinou. After 26 minutes, hssinou sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached L. Scippa, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 3. The players of hssinou now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. A drive down the left side allowed E. Ruggiero to get in close and score another goal for hssinou after 27 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. Halftime score was 0 - 4. hssinou had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

hssinou increased their lead after 49 minutes when N. Benghera broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. I. Neggazi's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert K. Meurant was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for hssinou. 0 - 6. After 71 minutes, hssinou's E. Ruggiero burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 7. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for E. Ruggiero. The cannonball from 35 metres by W. Nait Atmane of Oued was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. The home crowd was not impressed when K. Meurant came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 76 minutes. hssinou were now up 0 - 8. At that, K. Meurant was noted down for a hat trick! 81 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 9 as C. Baños de Molgas finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Oued's A. Sahraoui left the field after 83 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was B. Nait Atmane. hssinou enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

B. Nait Atmane performed admirably for Oued. On the other hand, I. Aoune's play was disheartening. hssinou's best player was K. Meurant. A. Musayyab was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 9.