Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Qasem Al Abdullah took the kick off in the first half of the match. Majed Al Dowaisan kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Murat Kazan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aamir Al Sharah having to make a save. 5 minutes into the match, U21 Saudi Arabia's goal looked a bit too open when Murat Kazan came free, but Aamir Al Sharah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Spas Spitzmüller had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Murat Kazan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Aamir Al Sharah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind U21 Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Aamir Al Sharah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Spas Spitzmüller might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aamir Al Sharah. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Spas Spitzmüller ran back to his position shaking his head. 15 minutes into the match, U21 Saudi Arabia's goal looked a bit too open when Murat Kazan came free, but Aamir Al Sharah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murat Kazan in the 15th minute of play forced U21 Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Aamir Al Sharah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nabel Al Matrok kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, U21 Saudi Arabia's goal looked a bit too open when Murat Kazan came free, but Aamir Al Sharah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A.C Barak were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after U21 Saudi Arabia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ünsal Ongun took the corner. 24 minutes into the match, Murat Kazan notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of U21 Saudi Arabia's Aamir Al Sharah. Aamir Al Sharah was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 30th match minute, U21 Saudi Arabia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdulatif Al Dekhel to maneuver through the defense. A.C Barak's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ünsal Ongun in the 33rd minute. Ünsal Ongun made a great header on A.C Barak's corner, it was just that U21 Saudi Arabia's Aamir Al Sharah managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 36th minute, Spas Spitzmüller 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. After 37 minutes of play, A.C Barak's Murat Kazan made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aamir Al Sharah was left in no man's land by his defense there! 41 minutes into the match, U21 Saudi Arabia's goal looked a bit too open when Spas Spitzmüller came free, but Aamir Al Sharah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Saudi Arabia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ünsal Ongun was slow to take the kick. During this time A.C Barak's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Spas Spitzmüller got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aamir Al Sharah quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 45th minute, Murat Kazan made a precise shot to the right of Aamir Al Sharah. U21 Saudi Arabia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. After the first half A.C Barak were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 51st match minute, U21 Saudi Arabia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Majed Al Dowaisan to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rd minute, A.C Barak's Murat Kazan dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Murat Kazan in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aamir Al Sharah prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Spas Spitzmüller came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the A.C Barak 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 Spas Spitzmüller couldn't finish the play. Qasem Al Abdullah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Suat Kadrihan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd minute Qasem Al Abdullah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suat Kadrihan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aamir Al Sharah made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Murat Kazan sent off a good shot on target. Spas Spitzmüller could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Aamir Al Sharah made a huge save. Aamir Al Sharah didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Spas Spitzmüller went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the U21 Saudi Arabia defense, Murat Kazan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aamir Al Sharah. The U21 Saudi Arabia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aamir Al Sharah should have stopped the shot. In the 88th match minute, U21 Saudi Arabia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ameen Al Arbash to maneuver through the defense. Ünsal Ongun, 89 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After having played for 91 minutes, Murat Kazan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A.C Barak's supporters crossed their fingers, but Murat Kazan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. U21 Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Spas Spitzmüller 93 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-8. A.C Barak's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.