U23 World League

Golden Palace
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abdul Rahman Al Youha started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Spor Las Huevas's Txanton Folgueira got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 9th minute of the match, Khalefa Al Homaithe tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Quirze Lizana saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. During the 10th minute of the match Shepherd Herro completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Shepherd Herro a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Spor Las Huevas getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Shepherd Herro hit a great ball. Bitxintxo Fururia's late challenge caught a Golden Tigers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bitxintxo Fururia helped the player get up and apologised. Bitxintxo Fururia hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Quirze Lizana acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 14th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Edrees Al Najdi. A sloppy throw-in by Basem Al Baghli in the 16th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Spor Las Huevas's Kusko Domao. Quirze Lizana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abdul Rahman Al Youha in the 18th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Abdul Rahman Al Youha kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Quirze Lizana. That made the score 1-0 in the 20 minute of play. Spor Las Huevas's Quirze Lizana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdul Rahman Al Youha in the 24th minute of play. With 27 minutes on the clock, Edgardo Sierro commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 27 minutes into the game, one of Spor Las Huevas:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Quirze Lizana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdul Rahman Al Youha in the 39th minute of play. Quirze Lizana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saif Abo Al Hasan, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saif Abo Al Hasan in the 45th minute of play forced Spor Las Huevas's goalkeeper Quirze Lizana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Quirze Lizana was a little too slow when Saif Abo Al Hasan got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 47th minute. The score was now 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Txanton Folgueira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes Golden Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Edrees Al Najdi. In the 55th minute, Hakem Khorshed hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Quirze Lizana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdul Rahman Al Youha, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Quirze Lizana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdul Rahman Al Youha, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the match, Abdul Rahman Al Youha had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Quirze Lizana. Spor Las Huevas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abdul Rahman Al Youha was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Quirze Lizana didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Naem Al Khaled went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. In the 72nd match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mohammad Al Ateqi to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute Khalefa Al Homaithe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quirze Lizana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute, Hakem Khorshed made a precise shot to the right of Quirze Lizana. Spor Las Huevas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. Gabirel Dalmases kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. In the 79th minute of the match Edrees Al Najdi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Quirze Lizana skillfully saved the ball. In the 82nd minute Hakem Khorshed shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quirze Lizana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Basem Al Baghli in the 85th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Spor Las Huevas's Kusko Domao. Aadil Al Harban showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Txanton Folgueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Spor Las Huevas's Quirze Lizana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdul Rahman Al Youha in the 96th minute of play. There was no doubt that Golden Tigers were the better team. Golden Tigers's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.