U21 World League

Arena Piu Piu
Spectators: 7459 (Terracing: 5595, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jashar Selamaj started the match with the kick off. When Ac Milan's Jashar Selamaj in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Unidade Pinto Louco's goalie prevented a goal. In the 6th minute, Acácio Domingues left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unidade Pinto Louco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. A sloppy throw-in by Minir Nini in the 13th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Unidade Pinto Louco's Duda Barbosa. Edi Hasani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Acácio Domingues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ac Milan's Edi Hasani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Ac Milan from getting a goal against them. Pedro Luiz Ramalho came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Ac Milan's Jashar Selamaj. But to his dismay, Jashar Selamaj quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. After a defensive mix-up in Unidade Pinto Louco's zone, Jashar Selamaj stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Luiz Ramalho came out of the goal and Jashar Selamaj tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 28 played minutes Unidade Pinto Louco got a freekick which was hit by Jano de Toledo. In the 30th minute, Risto Mancaku hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Unidade Pinto Louco's Emanuel Dionísio tried to score from far away in the 31st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Unidade Pinto Louco's Pedro Luiz Ramalho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jashar Selamaj in the 37th minute of play. Pedro Luiz Ramalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jashar Selamaj in the 39th minute of the match. After 40 minutes of play, Ac Milan's Jashar Selamaj made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Luiz Ramalho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ac Milan's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Jano de Toledo 45 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-3. After the first half Ac Milan were leading 2-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Arbnor Alikaj received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Pedro Luiz Ramalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 52 minutes, Zylyftar Manjani managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ac Milan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zylyftar Manjani was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 55th minute, Edgard Leme left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unidade Pinto Louco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Zair Tili's late challenge caught a Unidade Pinto Louco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zair Tili helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Unidade Pinto Louco booed when Ac Milan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zair Tili didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 66th minute, Jano de Toledo sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Ac Milan's Edi Hasani didn't even have to move. In the 68th minute, Zylyftar Manjani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Luiz Ramalho was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-4. In the 75th match minute, Unidade Pinto Louco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amauri Lima to maneuver through the defense. When %teams%'s Zylyftar Manjani was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 3-5 just inside the left pole, 78 minutes into the game. Pedro Luiz Ramalho was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. After a rather tough play, Unidade Pinto Louco's Edgard Leme got a free kick in the 84th minute. Ac Milan's Nuhri Jahja shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 86th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Pedro Luiz Ramalho but with some difficulty. Ac Milan played a much better game than Unidade Pinto Louco and deserved their victory. The Unidade Pinto Louco players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.