U23 World League

Golden Palace
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Damian Grucza got the match started through his kick off. Hakem Al Attar kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. When Arkadiusz Czajkowski fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Olimpia HSB's protests and gave Arkadiusz Czajkowski a yellow card for diving instead. Arkadiusz Czajkowski hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 8 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Zbigniew Galagan came free, but José Alberto Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiusz Czajkowski came free, but José Alberto Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Alberto Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Czajkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Konrad Puch came free, but José Alberto Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Miromir Mikulski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fawaz Boland, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 26th match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Al Towatan to maneuver through the defense. Konrad Puch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 31 played minutes Olimpia HSB got a freekick which was hit by Konrad Puch. Ali Al Towatan lost his temper 36 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 37th match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Al Towatan to maneuver through the defense. Arkadiusz Czajkowski struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. José Alberto Chilavert didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Olimpia HSB. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hakem Al Attar was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Olimpia HSB's goal looked a bit too open when Hakem Al Attar came free, but Miromir Mikulski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Golden Tigers's Esam Al Hashash got a free kick in the 56th minute. After some careless play in the Golden Tigers defense, Roland Mielak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Alberto Chilavert. The Golden Tigers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Alberto Chilavert should have stopped the shot. 60 minutes into the match, Olimpia HSB's Konrad Puch sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that José Alberto Chilavert narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 72 minutes into the match, Hakem Al Attar notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Olimpia HSB's Miromir Mikulski. Miromir Mikulski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konrad Puch in the 81st minute of play forced Golden Tigers's goalkeeper José Alberto Chilavert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Alberto Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arkadiusz Czajkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. After a rather tough play, Golden Tigers's Mortada Al Khames got a free kick in the 86th minute. Roland Mielak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Alberto Chilavert having to interfere. After 90 minutes, Sayer Al Besher mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Golden Tigers and the Olimpia HSB players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 90th minute, Sayer Al Besher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Alberto Chilavert came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Olimpia HSB's Damian Grucza. But to his dismay, Damian Grucza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. José Alberto Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachariasz Lukasik, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Golden Tigers succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Olimpia HSB had controlled the match.