World League

Air Albania
Spectators: 7755 (Terracing: 5818, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) In the 4th minute ✩ Pep Team ✩ were awarded a corner. Jakov Bundev went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Jimmy Hjälm almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AC Milan's Gilles Eekhout did a great save. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by AC Milan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jakov Bundev was slow to take the kick. During this time ✩ Pep Team ✩'s players had a chance to rest. Gilles Eekhout made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 8th minute of play. Spase Kastrati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miltiadis Antonatos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spase Kastrati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valerios Papagiannakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. The audience was convinced that Valerios Papagiannakos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Spase Kastrati was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berke Korucu in the 13th minute of play forced ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 15 minutes ✩ Pep Team ✩'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Berke Korucu who took care of the corner kick. Spase Kastrati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jardel Head in the 16th minute of the match. The supporters of AC Milan booed when ✩ Pep Team ✩ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillermo Chuse didn't get a good kick on the ball. Spase Kastrati took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valerios Papagiannakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spase Kastrati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jardel Head, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 34 minutes into the match, AC Milan's goalkeeper Gilles Eekhout had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jimmy Hjälm. Gilles Eekhout made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Jimmy Hjälm sent off a good shot on target. Jardel Head recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 39th minute of play forced AC Milan's goalkeeper Gilles Eekhout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gilles Eekhout didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Spase Kastrati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valerios Papagiannakos in the 47th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sultan-Mehmet Khan made a kick off. After a rather tough play, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Sultan-Mehmet Khan got a free kick in the 56th minute. AC Milan's Tony Hegg was substituted for Valerios Papagiannakos. Sultan-Mehmet Khan kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tony Hegg got free with Spase Kastrati in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 62nd minute of play forced AC Milan's goalkeeper Gilles Eekhout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute Berke Korucu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Spase Kastrati saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70th match minute, ✩ Pep Team ✩ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimmy Hjälm to maneuver through the defense. AC Milan's Refik Sargınal was substituted for Jaap Stam. The supporters of AC Milan booed when ✩ Pep Team ✩ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jimmy Hjälm didn't get a good kick on the ball. 74 minutes into the match, AC Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Sultan-Mehmet Khan came free, but Gilles Eekhout reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, AC Milan's Spase Kastrati threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tony Hegg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Spase Kastrati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jardel Head in the 78th minute of play. AC Milan's Gilles Eekhout played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimmy Hjälm in the 80th minute of play. Gilles Eekhout took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes into the match, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goalkeeper Spase Kastrati had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jardel Head. 90 minutes into the game, Tony Hegg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Spase Kastrati was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Meng Yao Ao got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.