U23 World League

Tirana Stadioni
Spectators: 5008 (Terracing: 4002, Seating: 1002, VIP seats: 4) Akademia Maliqi's Sefedin Gega started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Maria Socorro during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Miau Stars getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Maria Socorro hit a great ball. Akademia Maliqi's Merdin Meksi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Rubinho Vasconcelos in the 5 minute of the game. In the 8th minute, Maria Socorro made a precise shot to the right of Ruben Tile. Akademia Maliqi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After a rather tough play, Akademia Maliqi's Iris Bajrami got a free kick in the 11th minute. Mina Felina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Miau Stars booed when Akademia Maliqi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Merdin Meksi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ruben Tile showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maria Socorro in the 18th minute of the match. In the 24th match minute, Akademia Maliqi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edlir Ziko to maneuver through the defense. Mina Felina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ruben Tile read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Ruben Tile, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ruben Tile showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maria Socorro in the 30th minute of the match. Ruben Tile showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filipe Figueiredo, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After some careless play in the Akademia Maliqi defense, Maria Socorro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ruben Tile. The Akademia Maliqi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ruben Tile should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maria Socorro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ruben Tile showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maria Socorro in the 51st minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nexhat Zhiva during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ruben Tile showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mina Felina in the 54th minute of the match. Ruben Tile made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mina Felina in the 55th minute of play. Akademia Maliqi's defense didn't have a chance, in the 56th minute, when Filipe Figueiredo scored to the left of an out of position Ruben Tile, making the score, 0-4. Nexhat Zhiva got his second yellow card in the match during the 60th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Nexhat Zhiva kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maria Socorro in the 62nd minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Ruben Tile to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Maria Socorro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 66th minute Maria Socorro 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. In the 68th minute, Kudret Hajdari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Akademia Maliqi's 张铮泉 seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed 张铮泉 the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Akademia Maliqi protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and 张铮泉 had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 74th minute Maria Socorro 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maria Socorro in the 79th minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Ruben Tile to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Akademia Maliqi's defense didn't have a chance, in the 85th minute, when Maria Socorro scored to the left of an out of position Ruben Tile, making the score, 0-6. Ruben Tile took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maria Socorro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Miau Stars's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.