U23 World League

Sándor Bán Stadion
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristoforo De Luca got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, K.F TIRANA's Avram Iorgulescu got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 5th minute, Krisztián Radnai sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and K.F TIRANA's Branden Shelton didn't even have to move. 6 minutes into the match, Hungarian Olympic's László Nemes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Branden Shelton narrowly saved just below the crossbar. K.F TIRANA's Guxim Dine managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Krisztián Radnai in the 10 minute of the game. István Császár's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Branden Shelton firmly grabbed it by the left post. K.F TIRANA's Wincenty Roman suffered a concussion after 15 minutes and had to leave the field. Krisztián Radnai's late challenge caught a K.F TIRANA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Krisztián Radnai helped the player get up and apologised. K.F TIRANA's Besi Progni was substituted for Wincenty Roman. 18 minutes into the match, Cristoforo De Luca notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Hungarian Olympic's János Dala. János Dala was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Hungarian Olympic's István Császár got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. K.F TIRANA's attentive Guxim Dine managed to snatch the ball when Csaba Joó made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. After 29 minutes, Coronel Durango mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the K.F TIRANA and the Hungarian Olympic players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to K.F TIRANA getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Coronel Durango hit a great ball. Branden Shelton made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when István Császár sent off a good shot on target. Hungarian Olympic's János Dala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Coronel Durango in the 41st minute of play. János Dala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paco Cano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and István Császár made a kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Paco Cano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving János Dala. That made the score 1-2 in the 52 minute of play. With a little luck, Hungarian Olympic's János Dala got control of the ball when Cristoforo De Luca tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 59thth minute of the game István Császár who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but K.F TIRANA's Branden Shelton was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Paco Cano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving János Dala. That made the score 1-4 in the 70 minute of play. After 72 played minutes K.F TIRANA got a freekick which was hit by Paco Cano. The supporters of K.F TIRANA booed when Hungarian Olympic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gergely Asztalos didn't get a good kick on the ball. János Dala made an important save on a dangerous shot by Coronel Durango in the 76th minute. 78 minutes into the game, Cristoforo De Luca cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. János Dala was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 81 played minutes, K.F TIRANA's Jonas Arvidsson shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper János Dala came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in K.F TIRANA reached it. Coronel Durango kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. 84 minutes into the match, Hungarian Olympic's goal looked a bit too open when Cristoforo De Luca came free, but János Dala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute, György Király made a precise shot to the right of Branden Shelton. K.F TIRANA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-5. János Dala was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Paco Cano showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-6 in the 96 minute of play. The K.F TIRANA players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.