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Golden Palace
Spectators: 11024 (Terracing: 8269, Seating: 2535, VIP seats: 220) With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mario Pochekanski in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aguirre Verde saved DUBAI Palm Jumeirah from getting behind. Cresconio Bobis was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 13th match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 何文震 to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Golden Tigers's Edinho Prata got a free kick in the 15th minute. Mario Pochekanski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aguirre Verde having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Pochekanski in the 19th minute of play forced DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalkeeper Aguirre Verde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Pochekanski came free, but Aguirre Verde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Mario Pochekanski came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Golden Tigers fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mario Pochekanski couldn't finish the play. Ben Carlisle took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marian Oelke. Marian Oelke dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Marian Oelke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdul Mohsen Al Saleh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mario Pochekanski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aguirre Verde having to make a save. Aguirre Verde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Pochekanski in the 32nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Darweesh Al Matrok got free with Aguirre Verde in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdul Mohsen Al Saleh in the 37th minute of play forced Golden Tigers's goalkeeper Marian Oelke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the match, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Pochekanski came free, but Aguirre Verde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aguirre Verde made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Mario Pochekanski sent off a good shot on target. The Golden Tigers players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. DUBAI Palm Jumeirah were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Nicolae Răducanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mario Pochekanski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aguirre Verde having to interfere. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 何文震 was slow to take the kick. During this time Golden Tigers's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in 何文震 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Aguirre Verde did a great save. Marian Oelke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teofilo Gutierrez-Pacheco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Golden Tigers's Mario Pochekanski got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aguirre Verde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Pochekanski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute, DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's Zbyszko Rywin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind DUBAI Palm Jumeirah's goalkeeper Aguirre Verde, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mario Pochekanski scored 1-2 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aguirre Verde, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Mario Pochekanski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aguirre Verde was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Mario Pochekanski scored 2-2 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aguirre Verde, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 何文震 hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Golden Tigers's Marian Oelke proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Golden Tigers from getting a goal against them. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.