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Spectators: 8475 (Terracing: 6357, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) Shefki Luarasi made the kick off and thus started the match. Shefki Luarasi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Sidni Nikolla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sidni Nikolla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carl Beck in the 10th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in YLL - U18 ™'s zone, Meti Qyra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eustacio Millano came out of the goal and Meti Qyra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Ke Jing Xing managed to get in a good position for a shot. YLL - U18 ™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Ke Jing Xing was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sidni Nikolla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 17th minute Zhang Bo Feng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidni Nikolla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carl Beck in the 20th minute of play forced Maqellarë's goalkeeper Sidni Nikolla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Ke Jing Xing managed to get in a good position for a shot. YLL - U18 ™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Ke Jing Xing was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sidni Nikolla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Zhang Bo Feng managed to get in a good position for a shot. YLL - U18 ™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Zhang Bo Feng was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sidni Nikolla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sidni Nikolla was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Ke Jing Xing capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ke Jing Xing really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Zhang Bo Feng's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sidni Nikolla read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. Ke Jing Xing struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Sidni Nikolla didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for YLL - U18 ™. After having played for 40 minutes, Cresenciano Ledo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. YLL - U18 ™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Cresenciano Ledo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Ke Jing Xing came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the YLL - U18 ™ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ke Jing Xing couldn't finish the play. If Zhang Bo Feng had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th match minute, Maqellarë was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimir Sadikllari to maneuver through the defense. The attack was good, but when Ke Jing Xing in the 48th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mërgim Kita to make the kick off. Ke Jing Xing received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Sidni Nikolla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Maqellarë's David Avdiu got a free kick in the 54th minute. Carl Beck, 55 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Sidni Nikolla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carl Beck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Maqellarë's Vladimir Sadikllari got a free kick in the 61st minute. Zhang Bo Feng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Sidni Nikolla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zhang Bo Feng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sidni Nikolla took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhang Bo Feng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Shefki Luarasi in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sidni Nikolla saved Maqellarë from getting behind. Zhang Bo Feng recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sidni Nikolla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ke Jing Xing in the 70th minute of play. Ke Jing Xing recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 85th minute, Zhang Bo Feng 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. Sidni Nikolla came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by YLL - U18 ™'s Zhang Bo Feng. But to his dismay, Zhang Bo Feng quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Zhang Bo Feng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sidni Nikolla having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. YLL - U18 ™ had played much better football throughout.