U23 World League

Golden Palace
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Federico Rico kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Manolo Candamil hit a great ball. In the 8th match minute, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manolo Candamil to maneuver through the defense. 11 minutes into the game, Archibaldo Ponce cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. José Alberto Chilavert was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Angelo Guerra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sameer Taqi in the 15th minute of play. A collision led to Golden Tigers getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Dominykas Liutkus hit a great ball. In the 17th minute, Manolo Candamil 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. In the 18th match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Basem Al Baghli to maneuver through the defense. 21 minutes into the match, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s goal looked a bit too open when Sayer Al Besher came free, but Angelo Guerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Basem Al Baghli to maneuver through the defense. Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s Merlin Savoie got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Archibaldo Ponce hit a great ball. 35 minutes into the match, Golden Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Melquiades Calderon came free, but José Alberto Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Alberto Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merlin Savoie in the 42nd minute of the match. The Golden Tigers players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. were winning 0-2.

In the 54th minute Federico Rico shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Alberto Chilavert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Golden Tigers's José Alberto Chilavert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Golden Tigers from getting a goal against them. After 61 played minutes Golden Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Basem Al Baghli. Angelo Guerra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basem Al Baghli in the 64th minute of play. When Archibaldo Ponce was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 66 minutes had been played. Golden Tigers's defense didn't have a chance, in the 70th minute, when Dani Monson scored to the left of an out of position José Alberto Chilavert, making the score, 0-4. After a rather tough play, Golden Tigers's Mohammad Al Ateqi got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 74th minute, Dani Monson fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of José Alberto Chilavert, passed just outside the right post. In the 75th match minute, Golden Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdul Aziz Al Holey to maneuver through the defense. Arnau Campoamor lost his temper 77 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 84th minute, Dominykas Liutkus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute, Manolo Candamil sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Golden Tigers's José Alberto Chilavert didn't even have to move. José Alberto Chilavert didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manolo Candamil went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A.'s Melquiades Calderon got a free kick in the 97th minute. When the final whistle sounded Los Pumas de Ocaña S.A. left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Golden Tigers.