U23 World League

Merceron Arena
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Merceron United's Cristoforo Iacomini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oran Tahiri in the 14th minute of play. When Ennio Guidoni came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Merceron United 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 Ennio Guidoni couldn't finish the play. In the 27th match minute, Akademia Maliqi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Merdin Meksi to maneuver through the defense. Oran Tahiri took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cristoforo Iacomini. Cristoforo Iacomini dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 32 minutes into the match, Oran Tahiri notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Merceron United's Cristoforo Iacomini. Cristoforo Iacomini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Paulin Balliu hit a great ball. In the 37th match minute, Merceron United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ennio Guidoni to maneuver through the defense. 39 minutes into the match, Oran Tahiri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristoforo Iacomini. Merceron United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Oran Tahiri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. 47 minutes into the match, Merceron United's Ennio Guidoni sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sidni Tili narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After the first half Akademia Maliqi were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Oran Tahiri stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cristoforo Iacomini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oran Tahiri in the 55th minute of the match. 57 minutes into the game, Oran Tahiri recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cristoforo Iacomini. Oran Tahiri showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. Olsi Berberi took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 63rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cristoforo Iacomini. Merceron United's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Oran Tahiri dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cristoforo Iacomini, 0-5. Sefedin Gega hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Sefedin Gega sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristoforo Iacomini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oran Tahiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 87thth minute of the game Oran Tahiri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Merceron United's Cristoforo Iacomini was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Algert Boro during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Algert Boro kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Sefedin Gega kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Akademia Maliqi left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Merceron United.