U18 World League

AlbaStars Stadium
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ramazan Krasniqi got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Igor Chuchro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sparta LKS and the AlbaStars FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd match minute, Sparta LKS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Chuchro to maneuver through the defense. If Ksawery Felenak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gazmend Fejzo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sylwester Trojanowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sparta LKS's Kacper Japola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramazan Krasniqi in the 18th minute of play. Wincent Pilarczyk hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Rrapush Simaku took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 20th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Kacper Japola. Sparta LKS's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, AlbaStars FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ludomir Koperski came free, but Gazmend Fejzo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Igor Chuchro hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sparta LKS's goalkeeper Kacper Japola, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zekman Gega in the 28th minute of play forced Sparta LKS's goalkeeper Kacper Japola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the game, AlbaStars FC's Bardhyl Tasellari nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kacper Japola made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The audience was convinced that Zekman Gega's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kacper Japola was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 35th match minute, AlbaStars FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zhabir Bajrami to maneuver through the defense. Kacper Japola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bardhyl Tasellari in the 37th minute of the match. Ramazan Krasniqi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Kacper Japola made a huge save. With a little luck, Sparta LKS's Kacper Japola got control of the ball when Ramazan Krasniqi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sylwester Trojanowski took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gazmend Fejzo. Gazmend Fejzo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After a rather tough play, Sparta LKS's Ludomir Koperski got a free kick in the 48th minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Gazmend Fejzo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Wladyslaw Kajdasz showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 57 minute of play. Kacper Japola didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zekman Gega went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Sparta LKS's Kacper Japola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zekman Gega in the 68th minute of play. Kacper Japola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bardhyl Tasellari in the 70th minute of the match. Sparta LKS's Kacper Japola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zekman Gega in the 72nd minute of play. Kacper Japola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bardhyl Tasellari in the 73rd minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, AlbaStars FC's goalkeeper Gazmend Fejzo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sylwester Trojanowski. 88 minutes into the match, Sparta LKS's goal looked a bit too open when Zekman Gega came free, but Kacper Japola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AlbaStars FC's Gazmend Fejzo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save AlbaStars FC from getting a goal against them. Sparta LKS's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.