U18 World League

Molina Stadium
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jashar Pogradecari took the kick off in the first half of the match. Bruno Giocondo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jashar Pogradecari, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Merlon Jusufi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. K.F TIRANA's Erzen Sadikllari proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save K.F TIRANA from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jorald Tasili during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 9th minute, Jorald Tasili hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 10 minutes, Eraldo Tocchetto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fc Molina di Quosa and the K.F TIRANA players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Fc Molina di Quosa's Eraldo Tocchetto got a free kick in the 10th minute. The audience was convinced that Alessio Manzo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erzen Sadikllari was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. When Arturo Di Iorio came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Fc Molina di Quosa 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 Arturo Di Iorio couldn't finish the play. If Jorald Tasili had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Fc Molina di Quosa's Felice Egger got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 30th minute Alessio Manzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erzen Sadikllari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute Fc Molina di Quosa were awarded a corner. Alessio Manzo went to the cornerflag to take it. Bruno Giocondo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vionis Spahiu in the 33rd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the game, Vionis Spahiu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. K.F TIRANA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fc Molina di Quosa the free kick. After a rather tough play, K.F TIRANA's Vionis Spahiu got a free kick in the 36th minute. Jashar Pogradecari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jashar Pogradecari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bruno Giocondo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vionis Spahiu in the 45th minute of the match. Bruno Giocondo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merlon Jusufi, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Vionis Spahiu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Bruno Giocondo made a huge save. In the 57th minute, Jashar Pogradecari fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Bruno Giocondo was out of position in the 60 minute of play, and Jashar Pogradecari capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jashar Pogradecari really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. Gazmend Idrizi's late challenge caught a Fc Molina di Quosa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gazmend Idrizi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Fc Molina di Quosa booed when K.F TIRANA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gazmend Idrizi didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 67 played minutes K.F TIRANA got a freekick which was hit by Vionis Spahiu. 68 minutes into the game, Alessio Manzo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Erzen Sadikllari was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bruno Giocondo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorald Tasili, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Bruno Giocondo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jashar Pogradecari in the 73rd minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, Fc Molina di Quosa's goalkeeper Bruno Giocondo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vionis Spahiu. After having played for 78 minutes, Vionis Spahiu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. K.F TIRANA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vionis Spahiu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, K.F TIRANA's Gazmend Idrizi got a free kick in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jashar Pogradecari in the 87th minute of play forced Fc Molina di Quosa's goalkeeper Bruno Giocondo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the game, Vionis Spahiu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Bruno Giocondo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cosimo Brunelli kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. K.F TIRANA's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.