U23 World League

Caixa de Papelão
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sefedin Gega kicked off to start the match. Ruben Tile showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mina Felina, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 8 minutes of play, Miau Stars's Hugo Rocha made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ruben Tile was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 11th minute, Miau Stars's Hugo Rocha dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Percival de Queirós took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Algert Boro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 17 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Mina Felina came free, but Ruben Tile reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maurinho da Silva blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ruben Tile having to make a save. Akademia Maliqi's Ruben Tile proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Akademia Maliqi from getting a goal against them. Edson Couto kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mina Felina during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 32 played minutes Miau Stars got a freekick which was hit by Mina Felina. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edlir Ziko in the 35th minute of play forced Miau Stars's goalkeeper Percival de Queirós to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Edson Couto in the 37th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Akademia Maliqi's Ilirian Elezi. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Merdin Meksi hit a great ball. In the 45th minute Hugo Rocha 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hugo Rocha was the one to do the kick off. In the 58th minute, Sefedin Gega left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Akademia Maliqi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Akademia Maliqi's Sefedin Gega quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gilberto Ceresso, made in the 62nd minute of the game. Hugo Rocha scored 3-1 in the 64th 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. In the 70th minute, Rubinho Vasconcelos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Percival de Queirós showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sefedin Gega in the 71st minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Hugo Rocha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Maurinho da Silva came free, but Ruben Tile reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute Dráuzio Barbosa 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. Ruben Tile showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Rocha in the 78th minute of the match. In the 80th minute of the match Akira Beatrix sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ruben Tile skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of Miau Stars booed when Akademia Maliqi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Algert Boro didn't get a good kick on the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Nilson Soares came free, but Ruben Tile reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ruben Tile showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mina Felina in the 92nd 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 players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.