U23 World League

Golden Palace
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Javier Milei started the match with the kick off. Aurelio Nafarroa was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Hakem Al Attar capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hakem Al Attar really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Javier Milei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mortada Al Ansari having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Evelio Olo got a free kick in the 25th minute. Silvano Chayo took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mortada Al Ansari. Mortada Al Ansari dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Javier Milei scored 1-2 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mortada Al Ansari, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Javier Milei received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Mortada Al Ansari tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Remigio Egoitz struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Mortada Al Ansari didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴. When Javier Milei came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ 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 Javier Milei couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Conrado Tello didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aurelio Nafarroa made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Hakem Al Attar sent off a good shot on target. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hakem Al Attar made a kick off. In a very dangerous position, a player in ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 58th minute. Penalty! Aurelio Nafarroa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sayer Al Besher in the 62nd minute of play. In the 65th minute, Sayer Al Besher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Javier Milei received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mortada Al Ansari came out and tried to block the shot, but Javier Milei slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 68th minute. Hakem Al Attar's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aurelio Nafarroa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. Silvano Chayo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mortada Al Ansari having to interfere. If Silvano Chayo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Aurelio Nafarroa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hakem Khorshed in the 91st minute of the match. Mortada Al Ansari made an important save on a dangerous shot by Javier Milei in the 94th minute. The supporters of Golden Tigers booed when ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvano Chayo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle sounded ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Golden Tigers.