U23 World League

ALBANIANS STAND
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikolin Sukaj started the match with the kick off. With a little luck, Gurdurão's Natã Massa got control of the ball when Virgil Stănoiu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pepe Giliamsen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 34 minutes into the game, Pepe Giliamsen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Sefedin Muça was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pepe Giliamsen took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sefedin Muça. Sefedin Muça dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dalmo Santos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Armando Lala's late challenge caught a Gurdurão's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Armando Lala helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st match minute, ÇETA FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armando Lala to maneuver through the defense. 52 minutes into the match, ÇETA FK's goalkeeper Sefedin Muça had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pepe Giliamsen. Sefedin Muça showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas de Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 64th minute Nikolin Sukaj shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natã Massa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ÇETA FK's Sefedin Muça played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dalmo Santos in the 73rd minute of play. In the 80th minute, Nikolin Sukaj 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nikolin Sukaj in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Natã Massa saved Gurdurão from getting behind. Natã Massa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgil Stănoiu, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. The corner ended in Denis Gusakovskiy almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Gurdurão's Natã Massa did a great save. Pepe Giliamsen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 89 played minutes Gurdurão got a freekick which was hit by Dalmo Santos. When Armando Lala was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 92 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, ÇETA FK's Armando Lala got a free kick in the 94th minute.