U23 World League

Arena Real
Spectators: 7449 (Terracing: 5588, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sefedin Gega took the kick off in the first half of the match. Isaias Tuste fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruben Tile having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edlir Ziko in the 7th minute of play forced Black StarZ's goalkeeper Celestino Umea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11thth minute of the game Isaias Tuste who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Akademia Maliqi's Ruben Tile was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ruben Tile took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Montae, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute Alberto Montae shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Tile saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Akademia Maliqi's Ruben Tile got control of the ball when Cayetano Herauso tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cayetano Herauso's late challenge caught a Akademia Maliqi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cayetano Herauso helped the player get up and apologised. In the 25th match minute, Black StarZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cayetano Herauso to maneuver through the defense. Merdin Meksi hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Black StarZ's Robustiano Ferman tried to score from far away in the 33rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Akademia Maliqi were furious when Ilirian Elezi was red carded, 41 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, Akademia Maliqi's Ilirian Elezi got a free kick in the 41st minute. In the 42nd minute, Robustiano Ferman 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. Isaias Tuste received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Ruben Tile tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Isaias Tuste to strike the kick off in the second half. After 53 played minutes Akademia Maliqi got a freekick which was hit by Nexhat Zhiva. Black StarZ's Robustiano Ferman couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 54th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Akademia Maliqi. Herminio Osmundo scored 3-0 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ruben Tile, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cayetano Herauso in the 59th minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Ruben Tile to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ruben Tile made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaias Tuste in the 62nd minute of play. After 66 played minutes Black StarZ got a freekick which was hit by Norberto Pinto. Celestino Umea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sefedin Gega in the 68th minute of play. Ruben Tile made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norberto Pinto in the 69th minute of play. Ruben Tile showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herminio Osmundo, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 76th minute, Casimiro Omero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Sefedin Gega kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Celestino Umea. That made the score 3-1 in the 77 minute of play. Celestino Umea didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 82nd minute, which inside left pole to 3-2. Isaias Tuste sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ruben Tile showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cayetano Herauso, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. 97 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Herminio Osmundo came free, but Ruben Tile reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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. Black StarZ fully deserved thier win.