U18 World League

Sipaki Aréna
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Ali Al Towatan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Miklós Gulyás'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. Miklós Gulyás helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 4th minute of the game. One of Várdomb:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Golden Tigers:s goal. Róbert Markos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fawaz Boland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Abdul Aziz Al Holey fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Golden Tigers's protests and gave Abdul Aziz Al Holey a yellow card for diving instead. Abdul Aziz Al Holey hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Imre Markos kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. After 23 played minutes, Golden Tigers's Sayer Al Besher shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Róbert Markos came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Golden Tigers reached it. Miklós Gulyás kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. José Alberto Chilavert made an important save on a dangerous shot by Attila Váradi in the 33rd minute. Golden Tigers's José Alberto Chilavert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Golden Tigers from getting a goal against them. The attack was good, but when Esam Al Hashash in the 36th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Imre Markos hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. After the first half Golden Tigers were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Botond Bodor stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Csaba Bács scored 1-1 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of José Alberto Chilavert, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Várdomb's Ábel Lencse got a free kick in the 55th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Golden Tigers's zone, Attila Váradi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Alberto Chilavert came out of the goal and Attila Váradi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lóránd Angyal hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.