World League

Sarkhouh Stadium
Spectators: 7717 (Terracing: 5789, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) A sloppy throw-in by Brahim Kerkar in the 3rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Cityzens Mdz's Jimmy Zambata. The supporters of Salmiyah Power booed when Cityzens Mdz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sixto Larra didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 8 minutes, Damaso Lain managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cityzens Mdz's supporters crossed their fingers, but Damaso Lain was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Damaso Lain blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hemza Derrida having to make a save. In the 13th minute Damaso Lain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hemza Derrida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Cityzens Mdz's Melkior Thorslev got control of the ball when Lakhdar Guendouz tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lakhdar Guendouz got free with Melkior Thorslev in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 23 minutes into the game, Brahim Kerkar threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cityzens Mdz's Zaid Paker quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Melkior Thorslev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lakhdar Guendouz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Cityzens Mdz's Melkior Thorslev got control of the ball when Kacper Koperski tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Cityzens Mdz getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Hillar Tuus hit a great ball. Damaso Lain took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hemza Derrida. Hemza Derrida 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. Melkior Thorslev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kacper Koperski in the 38th minute of play. Cityzens Mdz's Damaso Lain got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cityzens Mdz's Lukasz Marut got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 46th minute, Brahim Kerkar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute, Damaso Lain ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hemza Derrida was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The Salmiyah Power players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Cityzens Mdz were winning 0-2.

53 minutes into the match, Cityzens Mdz's Damaso Lain sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hemza Derrida narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Hemza Derrida didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damaso Lain went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Salmiyah Power's Hemza Derrida proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Salmiyah Power from getting a goal against them. Salmiyah Power's Alain Khaldi was substituted for Brahim Kerkar. Salmiyah Power's Jeremias Ganix was substituted for Noureddine Adjani. A throw-in in the 68th minute of the game was made by Alain Khaldi with Cheb Haddou as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Damaso Lain received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Hemza Derrida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Melkior Thorslev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lakhdar Guendouz in the 75th minute of the match. After 76 played minutes Salmiyah Power got a freekick which was hit by Kacper Koperski. In the 77th minute Damaso Lain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hemza Derrida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kacper Koperski in the 82nd minute of play forced Cityzens Mdz's goalkeeper Melkior Thorslev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Salmiyah Power defense, Damaso Lain kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hemza Derrida. The Salmiyah Power fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hemza Derrida should have stopped the shot. Hemza Derrida made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damaso Lain in the 90th minute. Cityzens Mdz made a substitution. Eloy Urdin replaced Alberto Argider. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Salmiyah Power's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lukasz Marut was slow to take the kick. During this time Cityzens Mdz's players had a chance to rest. The Salmiyah Power supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Cityzens Mdz's performance. The match ended with a win for Cityzens Mdz.