The hosts ground out a 2:0 win over Видад Темара in a Club Friendly on Tuesday. No goalscorers were listed and no events were recorded beyond the final scoreline. It was a quiet afternoon at the stadium, the kind where you watch the shape of the side rather than the highlights.
Мекнес have been finding their rhythm in recent weeks. They lost 1:2 to Иттихад Танжер on 5 July, then bounced back with a 3:2 win over ФАР Рабат two days later. After that came a 2:2 draw with Олимпик Сафи and a goalless stalemate against Хассания Агадир. By then they were stringing results together, if not always the way they'd hoped.
Видад Темara arrived with mixed form. A 2:3 defeat to ФАР Рабат on 12 September followed a 0:1 loss to УСМ Уджида on 5 July. Before that they beat Стад Марокен 1:0, then Раджа Бени-Меллаль 2:1, and drew 1:1 with Шабаб Мохаммедия. And here's the thing — they came away with nothing this time around.
Friendly matches don't always reveal everything. Sometimes a clean sheet and two goals are enough to satisfy the coaching staff. Sometimes you look at the passing patterns and see where things need tightening. To be fair, both sides had something to work on before league action begins.
The result leaves Мекнес with momentum and Видад Темара with questions. One goal difference at the end of friendlies rarely tells the full story. The old head settled them down — or at least that's what it looked like from the stands.