U18 World League

El Monumental
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kejni Sheta took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, KF Ballistet's Kejni Sheta got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After 8 minutes, Çerçiz Topulli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KF Ballistet and the CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, KF Ballistet's Jahmir Bato got a free kick in the 10th minute. Hector Jakes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erlin Blacëri in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Kastriot Lamce hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. KF Ballistet's Nafiz Eminaj played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reynaldo Elodio in the 19th minute of play. Nafiz Eminaj made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hector Gizon in the 20th minute. Nafiz Eminaj made an important save on a dangerous shot by Constantino Bertol in the 28th minute. Hector Jakes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Çerçiz Topulli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 minutes of play, CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE's Paulo Raitin made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nafiz Eminaj was left in no man's land by his defense there! CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE's Hector Jakes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erlin Blacëri in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE's goal looked a bit too open when Erlin Blacëri came free, but Hector Jakes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nafiz Eminaj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reynaldo Elodio in the 39th minute of the match. 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 Hector Gizon to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to KF Ballistet getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Çerçiz Topulli hit a great ball. A collision led to KF Ballistet getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Kastriot Lamce hit a great ball. Reynaldo Elodio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nafiz Eminaj. KF Ballistet's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, KF Ballistet's Jahmir Bato got a free kick in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reynaldo Elodio in the 65th minute of play forced KF Ballistet's goalkeeper Nafiz Eminaj to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jetmir Xeci hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After 82 played minutes CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE got a freekick which was hit by Constantino Bertol. Hector Gizon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Nafiz Eminaj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 93 minutes into the game, Paulo Raitin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Nafiz Eminaj was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. CLUB ATLETICO RIVER PLATE walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.