World League

Tirana Stadioni
Spectators: 5008 (Terracing: 4002, Seating: 1002, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alexandru Nastac took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute of the match Akademia Maliqi got a corner. BAIRES's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nexhat Zhiva ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Nexhat Zhiva got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Anibal Cambiasso quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in BAIRES's zone, Øyvind Skoglund stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anibal Cambiasso came out of the goal and Øyvind Skoglund tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andres Cambiasso in the 13th minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Timoteo Lucero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marciano Cambiasso in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Timoteo Lucero saved Akademia Maliqi from getting behind. Anibal Cambiasso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emmanuel Urruti went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Teobald Chrobak hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. 27 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Duarte came free, but Timoteo Lucero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anibal Cambiasso made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Ivón Echavarri sent off a good shot on target. Genaro Cambiasso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timoteo Lucero having to interfere.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Ubaldo Cambiasso got free with Timoteo Lucero in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Timoteo Lucero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobias Gorka in the 56th minute of play. After a rather tough play, BAIRES's Marciano Cambiasso got a free kick in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the game, Alexandru Nastac cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Anibal Cambiasso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, BAIRES's Ubaldo Cambiasso got a free kick in the 66th minute. 68 minutes into the match, BAIRES's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandru Nastac came free, but Anibal Cambiasso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Miguel Iratze made in the 71st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Andres Cambiasso. Anibal Cambiasso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandru Nastac, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Gabriel Duarte hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tobias Gorka got free with Timoteo Lucero in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Joaquin Cambiasso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Timoteo Lucero made a huge save. After 89 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Akademia Maliqi! The goalkeeper, Timoteo Lucero, was totally fooled by BAIRES's Joaquin Cambiasso, who 92 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Alexandru Nastac hit a great ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Akademia Maliqi fully deserved thier win.