World League

Laniakea
Spectators: 7449 (Terracing: 5588, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) Alexandru Nastac started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Timoteo Lucero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hans-Erik Osland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Laniakea's Ali Adjani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandru Nastac in the 7th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Sandbakken came free, but Timoteo Lucero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Sandbakken in the 9th minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Timoteo Lucero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lars Kvaal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Timoteo Lucero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13thth minute of the game Alexandru Nastac who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Laniakea's Ali Adjani was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ali Adjani came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Akademia Maliqi's Olsi Berberi. But to his dismay, Olsi Berberi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Øyvind Skoglund took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ali Adjani. Ali Adjani dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alexandru Nastac in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ali Adjani saved Laniakea from getting behind. Timoteo Lucero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Sandbakken in the 32nd minute of play. Ali Adjani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Oran Tahiri's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Sandbakken to make the kick off. Ali Adjani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Øyvind Skoglund's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Olsi Berberi hit a great ball. The supporters of Laniakea booed when Akademia Maliqi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandru Nastac didn't get a good kick on the ball. Akademia Maliqi's Ivón Echavarri was substituted for Oran Tahiri. Akademia Maliqi's Kudret Hajdari was substituted for Olsi Berberi. Alexandru Nastac kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. 71 minutes into the match, Laniakea's goal looked a bit too open when Emmanuel Urruti came free, but Ali Adjani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ali Adjani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emmanuel Urruti went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The supporters of Akademia Maliqi booed when Laniakea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tommy Øksendal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ali Adjani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandru Nastac in the 76th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Alexandru Nastac's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Adjani was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. The supporters of Akademia Maliqi booed when Laniakea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frode Nyheim didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alexandru Nastacs short, quick shot in the 82ndth minute got Ali Adjani to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 89th minute, Ivón Echavarri 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. If Emmanuel Urruti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 92nd minute of the game. One of Laniakea:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Akademia Maliqi:s goal. Alexandru Nastac fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Adjani having to interfere. Didrik Begum hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. The Laniakea fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Akademia Maliqi were clearly better and deserved to take the win.