U21 World League

Golden Palace
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) S.D. Bajen's Charlie Bravo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Darius Seals received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Mohammad Al Ateqi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 4 minutes, Darius Seals mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the S.D. Bajen and the Golden Tigers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th minute, Darius Seals hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mohammad Al Ateqi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 董岚城, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. S.D. Bajen's 董岚城 got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 13th minute, Jorge Baez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The S.D. Bajen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Bret Caudill made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hakem Al Attar in the 18th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ali Al Towatan got free with Bret Caudill in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 21 minutes into the match, Charlie Bravo notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Golden Tigers's Mohammad Al Ateqi. Mohammad Al Ateqi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mohammad Al Ateqi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charlie Bravo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Golden Tigers's goalkeeper Mohammad Al Ateqi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mohammad Al Ateqi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Charlie Bravo went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 36 minutes into the game, Jorge Baez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Mohammad Al Ateqi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Khalefa Al Hadad hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Charlie Bravo in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mohammad Al Ateqi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The Golden Tigers players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. S.D. Bajen were winning 0-4.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Hakem Al Attar in the 51st minute of play forced S.D. Bajen's goalkeeper Bret Caudill to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute of the match Edrees Al Najdi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bret Caudill skillfully saved the ball. Mohammad Al Ateqi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Egemen Korkmaz in the 56th minute of play. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when S.D. Bajen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tony Kirby didn't get a good kick on the ball. Golden Tigers's Hakem Al Attar got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mohammad Al Ateqi made an important save on a dangerous shot by 董岚城 in the 69th minute. Ali Al Towatan might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bret Caudill. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ali Al Towatan ran back to his position shaking his head. S.D. Bajen's Mohammed Bautista was substituted for Adrian Murillo. S.D. Bajen's Bret Caudill played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdul Aziz Al Holey in the 73rd minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 80 minutes, Mohammad Al Ateqi successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The crowd rose to their feet as Darius Seals kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mohammad Al Ateqi. That made the score 0-6 in the 81 minute of play. 董岚城 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Mohammad Al Ateqi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Charlie Bravo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92nd minute, S.D. Bajen's Charlie Bravo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. Darius Seals fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohammad Al Ateqi having to interfere. S.D. Bajen's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.