U21 World League

Sarkhouh Stadium
Spectators: 7723 (Terracing: 5793, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Boughera Benmabrouk kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Club Ibiza's Jorrin Ovalle sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fathi Abbas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 7 minutes into the match, Salmiyah Power's goal looked a bit too open when Antony De Avila came free, but Fathi Abbas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fadhil Meniri charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fadhil Meniri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fadhil Meniri hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Qiao Jian hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After 14 played minutes, Club Ibiza's Emilio Marichalar shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fathi Abbas 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 Club Ibiza reached it. In the 17th minute, Salmiyah Power's Samir Abdenouz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Club Ibiza's Ixona Ilarraza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Club Ibiza from getting a goal against them. The corner ended in Jorrin Ovalle almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Salmiyah Power's Fathi Abbas did a great save. When Fadhil Meniri came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Salmiyah Power 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 Fadhil Meniri couldn't finish the play. Fathi Abbas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antony De Avila in the 44th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boughera Benmabrouk got free with Ixona Ilarraza in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Antony De Avila could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Fathi Abbas made a huge save. Khalida Zouba hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Salmiyah Power's Fathi Abbas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antony De Avila in the 62nd minute of play. Antony De Avila hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. A collision led to Club Ibiza getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Antony De Avila hit a great ball. Samir Abdenouz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Ixona Ilarraza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Antony De Avila's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fathi Abbas was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. In the 83rd minute Halim Zeghdoud shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ixona Ilarraza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ixona Ilarraza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Halim Zeghdoud, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. William Vivera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ixona Ilarraza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boughera Benmabrouk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute, William Vivera 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. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.