U23 World League

Fadil Vokrri
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 100) With a little luck, Italia's Gilberto Arias got control of the ball when Progon Mile tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Gilberto Arias managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when KF RAHOVECI 1931's Belul Kadare fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 5th minute Belul Kadare shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilberto Arias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Irjat Çeka's late challenge caught a Italia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Irjat Çeka helped the player get up and apologised. Irjat Çeka hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Fabian Gipuzkoa charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fabian Gipuzkoa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 9th match minute, Italia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Gipuzkoa to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th match minute, KF RAHOVECI 1931 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nuçi Topulli to maneuver through the defense. Gilberto Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Belul Kadare, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Progon Mile came free with the goalkeeper in the 24th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Gilberto Arias could save by the left post. In the 27th minute Honorio Dino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edvin Kapllani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Italia's Vicente Ruisko got a free kick in the 28th minute. 29 minutes into the match, KF RAHOVECI 1931's Alush Tusha sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gilberto Arias narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Glaukia Plepi in the 36th minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Gilberto Arias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hilario Bilintx hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Italia's Gilberto Arias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Italia from getting a goal against them. Gilberto Arias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Belul Kadare in the 45th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fabian Gipuzkoa to strike the kick off in the second half. Edvin Kapllani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Honorio Dino, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. 63 minutes into the match, Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Progon Mile came free, but Gilberto Arias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, Hilario Bilintx was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Italia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave KF RAHOVECI 1931 the free kick. A collision led to Italia getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Hilario Bilintx hit a great ball. 71 minutes into the match, Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Progon Mile came free, but Gilberto Arias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Belul Kadare ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gilberto Arias was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 82nd minute, Nuçi Topulli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gilberto Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Progon Mile, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Progon Mile in the 91st minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Gilberto Arias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st match minute, Italia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vicente Ruisko to maneuver through the defense. Irjat Çeka took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 92nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gilberto Arias. Italia's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. KF RAHOVECI 1931's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.