U21 World League

Qemal Stafa
Spectators: 7836 (Terracing: 5878, Seating: 1802, VIP seats: 156) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zekeriya Özbekkan started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Berthold Sibbern hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute Paco Cano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Hørbøll saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot by Avram Iorgulescu from long distance, 14 minutes into the match, got Hugo Hørbøll's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Paco Cano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Hvam FC's Hugo Hørbøll got control of the ball when Wincenty Roman tried to sneak it across the goal line. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by K.F TIRANA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kjeld Sterum was slow to take the kick. During this time Hvam FC's players had a chance to rest. After a defensive mix-up in Hvam FC's zone, Wincenty Roman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hugo Hørbøll came out of the goal and Wincenty Roman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 40 minutes into the game, Wincenty Roman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Hugo Hørbøll was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 43 minutes of play Hvam FC's Berthold Sibbern was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Hvam FC's Hugo Hørbøll played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paco Cano in the 46th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wincenty Roman to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 60th minute, Paco Cano made a precise shot to the right of Hugo Hørbøll. Hvam FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. If Habakkuk Shearer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Paco Cano in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hugo Hørbøll saved Hvam FC from getting behind. Wincenty Roman might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hugo Hørbøll. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Wincenty Roman ran back to his position shaking his head. After 72 played minutes K.F TIRANA got a freekick which was hit by Engjëll Duro. After some careless play in the Hvam FC defense, Paco Cano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hugo Hørbøll. The Hvam FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hugo Hørbøll should have stopped the shot. 81 minutes into the match, Hvam FC's goal looked a bit too open when Paco Cano came free, but Hugo Hørbøll reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 84th minute, Habakkuk Shearer made a precise shot to the right of Branden Shelton. K.F TIRANA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. Habakkuk Shearer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Branden Shelton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walentin Barnby in the 89th minute of play forced K.F TIRANA's goalkeeper Branden Shelton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hugo Hørbøll showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wincenty Roman, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. 96 minutes into the match, Wincenty Roman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hugo Hørbøll. Hvam FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wincenty Roman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1.