U18 World League

Qemal Stafa
Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jashar Pogradecari made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute, Jorald Tasili hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to K.F TIRANA getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Gazmend Idrizi hit a great ball. Jashar Pogradecari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 21 minutes into the match, BAIRES's goal looked a bit too open when Jashar Pogradecari came free, but Leo Gaskon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leo Gaskon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jashar Pogradecari in the 22nd minute of play. Klevis Muka's late challenge caught a BAIRES's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Klevis Muka helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, K.F TIRANA's Klevis Muka got a free kick in the 24th minute. Erzen Sadikllari showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Braulio Olo in the 31st minute of the match. Leo Gaskon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jashar Pogradecari in the 33rd minute of play. After some careless play in the K.F TIRANA defense, Alberto Dominic kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Erzen Sadikllari. The K.F TIRANA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Erzen Sadikllari should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Braulio Olo to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of K.F TIRANA booed when BAIRES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcos Domeka didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vionis Spahiu in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leo Gaskon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in BAIRES's zone, Vionis Spahiu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leo Gaskon came out of the goal and Vionis Spahiu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Alberto Dominic came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the BAIRES 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 Alberto Dominic couldn't finish the play. Erzen Sadikllari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Dominic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 68th minute, Braulio Olo 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. Erzen Sadikllari showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Dominic in the 79th minute of the match. The attack was good, but when Jashar Pogradecari in the 80th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Braulio Olo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Erzen Sadikllari read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Dominic in the 84th minute of play forced K.F TIRANA's goalkeeper Erzen Sadikllari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leo Gaskon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vionis Spahiu in the 88th minute of play. Jashar Pogradecari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Leo Gaskon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Despite being the better team, K.F TIRANA failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.