Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nayef Bo Abbas started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Kuwait's zone, Andreas Göransson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nemir Al Homaithe came out of the goal and Andreas Göransson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nemir Al Homaithe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arman Eriksson in the 8th minute of the match. Kennet Hjelm took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nemir Al Homaithe. Nemir Al Homaithe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Nemir Al Homaithe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arman Eriksson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 19 played minutes U21 Kuwait got a freekick which was hit by Hamed Al Sayer. The Leeds United FC fans' excitement grew in the 22nd match minute when Leeds United FC's Arman Eriksson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 24th minute Arman Eriksson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nemir Al Homaithe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nemir Al Homaithe came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Leeds United FC's Torsten Lundqvist. But to his dismay, Torsten Lundqvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Nemir Al Homaithe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Göransson, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Nemir Al Homaithe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arman Eriksson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nemir Al Homaithe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ingvar Kihlberg went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. A collision led to U21 Kuwait getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Taqi Shadad hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Kennet Hjelm's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nemir Al Homaithe was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Nemir Al Homaithe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kennet Hjelm in the 44th minute of play. Andreas Göransson struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Nemir Al Homaithe didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Leeds United FC. Arman Eriksson scored 0-5 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nemir Al Homaithe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Arman Eriksson got free with Nemir Al Homaithe in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nemir Al Homaithe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Göransson, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 57th match minute, Leeds United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Calle Lindgren to maneuver through the defense. 60 minutes into the game, Arman Eriksson lined in a short shot 0-6 behind a frustrated Nemir Al Homaithe. Arman Eriksson struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Nemir Al Homaithe didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Leeds United FC. After having played for 67 minutes, Kennet Hjelm managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leeds United FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kennet Hjelm was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 68th minute, Andreas Göransson 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. 70 minutes into the game, Arman Eriksson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Nemir Al Homaithe was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tage Vollander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arman Eriksson took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nemir Al Homaithe. Nemir Al Homaithe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. Arman Eriksson succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-9 in the 83rd playminute. Nemir Al Homaithe came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Leeds United FC's Arman Eriksson. But to his dismay, Arman Eriksson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. Wael Al Mulaifi kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. When Calle Lindgren came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Leeds United FC 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 Calle Lindgren couldn't finish the play.