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Arena YLL
Spectators: 8597 (Terracing: 6449, Seating: 1977, VIP seats: 171) Shefqet Lila made the kick off and thus started the match. When Ani Isallari fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored YLL - U18 ™'s protests and gave Ani Isallari a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, YLL - U18 ™'s Ani Isallari got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 4 played minutes YLL - U18 ™ got a freekick which was hit by Wei Jian Wei. Vezir Shabani made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Ke Jing Xing sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Vezir Shabani managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when YLL - U18 ™'s Ke Jing Xing fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Shefki Luarasi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Vezir Shabani skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Klodi Likmetaj during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 13th match minute, ⭐Albania Stars⭐ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klodi Likmetaj to maneuver through the defense. Vezir Shabani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ke Jing Xing in the 14th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, YLL - U18 ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Minir Kapri came free, but Eustacio Millano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Klodi Likmetaj was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 24 minutes had been played. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ke Jing Xing in the 26th minute of play forced ⭐Albania Stars⭐'s goalkeeper Vezir Shabani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shefki Luarasi came free with the goalkeeper in the 28th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vezir Shabani could save by the left post. Ke Jing Xing could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Vezir Shabani made a huge save. When YLL - U18 ™'s Shefki Luarasi, in the 45th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for YLL - U18 ™. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Shefki Luarasi was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Ke Jing Xing's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vezir Shabani was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Andon Kanani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Eustacio Millano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee felt a red card was in order, 62 minutes into the game, when Shefqet Lila put in a rough tackle. 61 minutes into the game, one of ⭐Albania Stars⭐:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave YLL - U18 ™ a penalty, 65 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Shefki Luarasi, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ⭐Albania Stars⭐'s Vezir Shabani. 1-0. After 69 played minutes ⭐Albania Stars⭐ got a freekick which was hit by Rrok Kllogjëri. Vezir Shabani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ke Jing Xing in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ke Jing Xing in the 73rd minute of play forced ⭐Albania Stars⭐'s goalkeeper Vezir Shabani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Minir Kapri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind YLL - U18 ™'s goalkeeper Eustacio Millano, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 81st minute, Ke Jing Xing left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The YLL - U18 ™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shefki Luarasi in the 85th minute of play forced ⭐Albania Stars⭐'s goalkeeper Vezir Shabani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vezir Shabani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ke Jing Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute.