U21 World League

S.S. Karaboudjan
Spectators: 7572 (Terracing: 5680, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filomeno Nicholas started the match with the kick off. A hard shot 3 in the game by Wilton de Amaral from a close distance when the talented Ordan Emini managed to make a qualified save. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s players were relieved. Wilton de Amaral did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Ordan Emini 3 minutes into the match. After 6 minutes, Leontie Hristijanski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ✩ Pep Team ✩ and the Karaboudjan players grew even worse after the yellow card. Leontie Hristijanski hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After 7 minutes of play, Karaboudjan's Evaristo Tolino made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ordan Emini was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 11th minute Evaristo Tolino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ordan Emini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the ✩ Pep Team ✩ defense, Filomeno Nicholas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ordan Emini. The ✩ Pep Team ✩ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ordan Emini should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Božidar Pavleski got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 25th minute, Evaristo Tolino 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zamir Imeri in the 35th minute of play forced Karaboudjan's goalkeeper Miguel Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 37 minutes into the match, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goalkeeper Ordan Emini had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zé Augusto Brasil. Grigor Gerasimov hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Wilton de Amaral could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Ordan Emini made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zé Augusto Brasil got free with Ordan Emini in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ordan Emini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Augusto Brasil, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. In the 47th minute Téo Rosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ordan Emini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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.

Ariton Krstevski succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-1 in the 52nd playminute. After 55 played minutes Karaboudjan got a freekick which was hit by Evaristo Tolino. Wilton de Amaral spun around in front of the goal 59 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goal. In the 60th minute, Grigor Gerasimov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute, Filomeno Nicholas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Karaboudjan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Ordan Emini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filomeno Nicholas in the 75th minute of the match. With 76 minutes on the clock, Taško Filipovski commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Taško Filipovski hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Filomeno Nicholas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Ordan Emini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ediberto Pontes hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Karaboudjan's Miguel Baptista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Božidar Pavleski in the 82nd minute of play. Ordan Emini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Augusto Brasil in the 85th minute of the match. In the 90th match minute, ✩ Pep Team ✩ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grigor Gerasimov to maneuver through the defense. Ordan Emini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Augusto Brasil in the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Tolino in the 95th minute of play forced ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goalkeeper Ordan Emini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karaboudjan'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.