U23 World League

Ștefan Cel Mare
Spectators: 7430 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 50) FC Partizan Tirana's Laze Lumani started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. FC Partizan Tirana's Claude Theron got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Facundo Lastras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kıraç Ak having to interfere. A collision led to Nàstic de Tarragona getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Bernal Fresnos hit a great ball. 13 minutes into the match Laze Lumani climbed in front of goal and pressed up 1-0 in the right cross behind a totally surprised Saturnino Ladra. Laze Lumani's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Saturnino Ladra skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Boleslaw Czajkowski hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Laze Lumani could shoot a difficult shot in the 20th minute, which Saturnino Ladra however easily saved by the left post. The supporters of FC Partizan Tirana booed when Nàstic de Tarragona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boleslaw Czajkowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 30th minute, FC Partizan Tirana's Hashim Reçi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Saturnino Ladra. Saturnino Ladra yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Laze Lumani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saturnino Ladra having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, Paulin Shahini notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Nàstic de Tarragona's Saturnino Ladra. Saturnino Ladra was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dashamir Januzaj succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-0 in the 44th playminute. Nàstic de Tarragona's Saturnino Ladra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Nàstic de Tarragona from getting a goal against them. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Andrei Lupu made the kick off in the second half. Saturnino Ladra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulin Shahini in the 52nd minute of the match. Saturnino Ladra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claude Theron in the 53rd minute of the match. The supporters of FC Partizan Tirana booed when Nàstic de Tarragona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernal Fresnos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Saturnino Ladra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulin Shahini in the 57th minute of play. After 59 played minutes Nàstic de Tarragona got a freekick which was hit by Bernal Fresnos. In the 61st minute Paulin Shahini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saturnino Ladra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Nàstic de Tarragona's goal looked a bit too open when Claude Theron came free, but Saturnino Ladra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kıraç Ak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrei Lupu in the 64th minute. Andrei Lupu struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Kıraç Ak didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nàstic de Tarragona. Saturnino Ladra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laze Lumani in the 68th minute of play. Saturnino Ladra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulin Shahini, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. After a rather tough play, Nàstic de Tarragona's Boleslaw Czajkowski got a free kick in the 70th minute. FC Partizan Tirana's Davud Salihi couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 71st minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Nàstic de Tarragona. Saturnino Ladra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claude Theron, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kıraç Ak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andrei Lupu in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laze Lumani in the 77th minute of play forced Nàstic de Tarragona's goalkeeper Saturnino Ladra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Nàstic de Tarragona getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Matia Camara hit a great ball. Saturnino Ladra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laze Lumani in the 82nd minute of play. Saturnino Ladra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laze Lumani in the 84th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Andrei Lupu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Nàstic de Tarragona's Alonso Garzon got a free kick in the 94th minute. In the 95th minute of the match Davud Salihi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Saturnino Ladra showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. FC Partizan Tirana's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.