U23 World League

Golden Palace
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalefa Al Homaithe in the 3rd minute of play forced DOJLIDY's goalkeeper Wladyslaw Makomaski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Khalefa Al Hadad got free with Wladyslaw Makomaski in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 9th minute, Yaqoub Bo Resley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mohammad Al Ateqi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grégoire Gumaelius in the 10th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Mikolaj Falkowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammad Al Ateqi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the game, Wiktor Piechna cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mohammad Al Ateqi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mohammad Al Ateqi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wiktor Piechna in the 31st minute of the match. 33 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Grzegorz Gumaro came free, but Mohammad Al Ateqi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mohammad Al Ateqi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grégoire Gumaelius in the 36th minute of play. Mohammad Al Ateqi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wiktor Piechna went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 45th minute, Mikolaj Falkowski made a precise shot to the right of Mohammad Al Ateqi. Golden Tigers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Khalefa Al Hadad made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when DOJLIDY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zdzislaw Kendra didn't get a good kick on the ball. Golden Tigers's Khalefa Al Hadad got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Golden Tigers's attack was well implemented in the 56th minute, but when Abdul Rahman Al Youha was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. After 62 minutes, Wiktor Piechna mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DOJLIDY and the Golden Tigers players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 62 played minutes DOJLIDY got a freekick which was hit by Wiktor Piechna. In the 69th minute, Mikolaj Falkowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mohammad Al Ateqi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Mohammad Al Ateqi came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by DOJLIDY's Mikolaj Falkowski. But to his dismay, Mikolaj Falkowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. The DOJLIDY players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.