U18 World League

Golden Palace
Spectators: 7646 (Terracing: 5736, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) In the 4th match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shehab Abol to maneuver through the defense. Ignacy Zielinski hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Ruud van Nistelrooij could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Patryk Maurycy made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Golden Tigers's Aqel Al Hindi got a free kick in the 14th minute. Gotnord's Fabian Bialakowski got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Konrad Bielenda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. José Alberto Chilavert tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ruud van Nistelrooij's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Patryk Maurycy firmly grabbed it by the left post. José Alberto Chilavert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Glogowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. A collision led to Golden Tigers getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Ruud van Nistelrooij hit a great ball. In the 34th minute, Konrad Bielenda ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. José Alberto Chilavert was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 41 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's Ruud van Nistelrooij sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Patryk Maurycy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Fabian Niemojewski kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Gotnord's Patryk Maurycy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Gotnord from getting a goal against them.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ruud van Nistelrooij was the one to do the kick off. Patryk Maurycy came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Golden Tigers's Ruud van Nistelrooij. But to his dismay, Ruud van Nistelrooij quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Gotnord's Patryk Maurycy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruud van Nistelrooij in the 57th minute of play. Patryk Maurycy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ruud van Nistelrooij went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Ali Al Towatan charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ali Al Towatan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ali Al Towatan kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. A collision led to Gotnord getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Konrad Bielenda hit a great ball. Patryk Maurycy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Khalaf Kakoli went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. 88 minutes into the game, Maitham Al Khars was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Golden Tigers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gotnord the free kick. A collision led to Golden Tigers getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Maitham Al Khars hit a great ball. After having played for 89 minutes, Konrad Bielenda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gotnord's supporters crossed their fingers, but Konrad Bielenda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalaf Kakoli in the 96th minute of play forced Gotnord's goalkeeper Patryk Maurycy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Gotnord players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Golden Tigers.