Olympique 0 - 7 Mernisa (392691512)

7000 spectators arrived at El Jadida , Stade de, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Ilario Mazzola was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gwenaël Bezier and Sergio Labarca. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Olympique. The following players took the field: Brahmi - Latifi, Chemlawi, Brnoussi, El-Wakili - Oumani, Tamim, Rezzouq, Ouadoud - Nachtu, Fetah.

Mernisa started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Fetouhi - Mumcu, Métayer, Łosowski - Belkhiri, van Wyhe, Batouli, Juszczak, Klesnil - Deliu, El-Hafed.

Mernisa saw most attack opportunities on the wings. A well placed corner kick from R. Łosowski was followed by A. van Wyhe's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Mernisa, the score now 0 - 1. Players in Mernisa heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. After the ball was lifted in from the left, L. Juszczak was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 7 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After 13 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave A. El-Hafed a chance to increase the lead for Mernisa, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Mernisa's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 20 minutes, Mernisa's A. El-Hafed burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. A penalty was awarded after 26 minutes, and R. Łosowski made the most of his chance to put Mernisa up by another goal. 0 - 4 for the visitors. It was 0 - 4 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Mernisa, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.

With 51 minutes gone, Mernisa had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, A. van Wyhe did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. Mernisa had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. With 65 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Mumcu of Mernisa to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. After 72 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. van Wyhe to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. 73 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 7 as A. Mumcu finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. R. Łosowski of Mernisa was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Mernisa had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

Olympique's top performer was clearly N. Nachtu. A. Latifi on the other hand, had a terrible day. V. Deliu performed admirably for Mernisa. On the other hand, M. Fetouhi's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.