| Title holders Raja
Casablanca have stabilised their team by winning price money through the
Club World Championship. But now they face dangerous Jeanne d'Arc who have
eliminated the Algerian champions easily. (Probably Sunday)
1st half
-1500 GMT Kick off has been
a little delayed - it takes some minutes for the referee to organize who
is allowed to wear what rings and where cameras are positioned too close
to the field.
-The Senegalese which have
a number of slim tall players do not hide and show that their strenghts
are in attack, they have a first opportunity in 8th minute, answered only
a minute later when Raja reveals two times Senegalese problems when attacked
using wing play.
-After somer scary situations
for the weak Jeanne d'Arc defence, Raja themselves are lucky when on a
counter attack a broken through striker misses the goal in a one against
one situation with the goalkeeper
-Both teams have had a situation
in the first 25 minutes in which they liked to get a penalty but the referee
decided otherwise
-('34) a fine solo run
against a defence without safety brings the first goal by #4 for Jeanne
d'Arc - 0:1
-('38) the equalizer
on a counter attack: a pass into the back of the defence orientated towrds
their own goal backward running, and a difficult bouncing shot from
14 meters slips through the hands of the Senegalese keeper - 1:1
-Raja had become nervous
but now they look confident again, apply pressure on the Senegalese
-('injury time) biggest
chance for Raja when the Jeanne d'Arc keeper finds himself alone facing
two attacks but can deflect the shot for a corner
- Halftime 1:1 -
2nd half:
-('51) Raja have started
the second half determined and with a lot of pace while Jeanne d'Arc seems
to much focussed to preserve the scoreline despite their vulnurable defence.
The biggest scene ios when their keeper saves a diving header for a corner.
-('61) On a counter attack
after a Jeanne d'Arc corner Raja beat the offside trap (a close decision)
and #17 alone against the keeper scores - 2:1
-('64)
second yellow card for Raja #11 - Raja now with 10 players
-('65) the free kick is
wasted (already the second one) and only leads to another dangerous counter
attack
-('68)
a stupid retaliation by Senegalese #15 - referee sees it and sends him
off - 10 vs 10 now
-approaching the end of
the match Raja is far more dangerous and creates several good scenes but
lacks in finishing
-('85) the biggest chance
when two attackers go up for a header from less than 5 meters, maybe interfere
a bit with each other, the header then misses the goal narrowly
-Jeanne d'Arc try to play
forward but run into wave after wave of counter attacks when they lose
balls quickly in build up
-('89) almost the second
goal for Jeanne d'Arc: this time one of their attacking attempts goes through
to #4 again who misses the goal with his shot only by a close margin
Final result 2:1
Raja face a difficult task
in the second leg, like they did the same time last year against Djoliba
from Mali. Will they again be lucky like last year when they survived two
penalty shoot-outs on their way to the title (one in the round of last
16, one in the final)?
reuters/dailysoccer:
Raja: Omar Nejjari 38,
Youssef Ashami 61
Jeanne d'Arc: Mohammed
Diallo 33
Halftime: 1-1; Attendance:
15,000
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