World League

Estadio Gaviotas
Spectators: 7598 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) Ariel Lihach made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5th minute, Inocencio Patxi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hisham Abdul Nasser was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After 8 minutes, Rawan Sariyah mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Líbano and the Gaviotas FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th minute, Rawan Sariyah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Inocencio Patxi came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Gaviotas FC 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 Inocencio Patxi couldn't finish the play. In the 16th minute, Dirar Rashid got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gaviotas FC's Zein Tutupoli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lotfi El Makhtoub in the 21st minute of play. Geronimo Berenguer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Hisham Abdul Nasser tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Gaviotas FC defense, Akram Munahid kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zein Tutupoli. The Gaviotas FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zein Tutupoli should have stopped the shot. 29 minutes into the match, Líbano's goalkeeper Hisham Abdul Nasser had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Inocencio Patxi. Rawan Sariyah was shown his second yellow card after 34 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Líbano:s Hisham Abdul Nasser showed great skill when he stopped Geronimo Berenguer:s penalty. Zein Tutupoli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akram Munahid, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. 39 minutes into the game, Líbano's Akram Munahid nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zein Tutupoli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. In the 44th minute, Wajdi Abou Hafez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute, Mohammad Juwayn hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gaviotas FC's Zein Tutupoli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akram Munahid in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute of the match Líbano got a corner. Gaviotas FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bashar Al Azra ran over to the corner to take the kick. After the first half Líbano were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

53 minutes into the match, Gaviotas FC's goalkeeper Zein Tutupoli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bashar Al Azra. In the 54th minute, Inocencio Patxi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Akram Munahid who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 55thth minute tested the skills of Zein Tutupoli when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Hisham Abdul Nasser showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ariel Lihach, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Akram Munahid came free with the goalkeeper in the 58th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Zein Tutupoli could save by the left post. Gaviotas FC's Mariano Madaleno was substituted for Armando Azubeli. Geronimo Berenguer scored 3-3 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hisham Abdul Nasser, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gaviotas FC made a substitution. Enzo Julian replaced Eleuterio Nardo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bashar Al Azra in the 75th minute of play forced Gaviotas FC's goalkeeper Zein Tutupoli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A hard shot 77 in the game by Akram Munahid from a close distance when the talented Zein Tutupoli managed to make a qualified save. Gaviotas FC's players were relieved. 77 minutes into the game, Akram Munahid lined in a short shot 3-4 behind a frustrated Zein Tutupoli. Zein Tutupoli was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Akram Munahid capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Akram Munahid really showed his touch with that goal: 3-5. Hisham Abdul Nasser didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ariel Lihach went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-5 was the resulting score. Akram Munahid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Zein Tutupoli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Líbano's goal looked a bit too open when Ariel Lihach came free, but Hisham Abdul Nasser reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Gaviotas FC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.