U23 World League

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Sefedin Muça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evaristo Mello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 10 minutes into the match, Flavinho de Andrade notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Eagle FC's Sefedin Muça. Sefedin Muça was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sefedin Muça stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Evaristo Mello's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. Sefedin Muça made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Wilian Quadros sent off a good shot on target. In the 19th minute, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Wilian Quadros ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Sefedin Muça. Sefedin Muça yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 25th minute, one of ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ. The referee gave Eagle FC a penalty, 27 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Armando Lala, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Ulysses Peixoto. 2-1. In the 33rd minute of the match, Evaristo Mello tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Sefedin Muça saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a defensive mix-up in Eagle FC's zone, Evaristo Mello stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sefedin Muça came out of the goal and Evaristo Mello tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ulysses Peixoto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pirro Lenja, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 40th match minute, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafinha Lopez to maneuver through the defense. Rogério Fantini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Sefedin Muça tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th minute Pirro Lenja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulysses Peixoto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arianit Toptani made a kick off. In the 55th minute, Pirro Lenja left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eagle FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Eagle FC's Sefedin Muça played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emerson Motta in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes into the game, Denis Gusakovskiy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Eagle FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ the free kick. After a rather tough play, Eagle FC's Denis Gusakovskiy got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Sefedin Muça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evaristo Mello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 66 played minutes Eagle FC got a freekick which was hit by Bujar Nufi. In the 69th minute Evaristo Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sefedin Muça saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emerson Motta in the 78th minute of play forced Eagle FC's goalkeeper Sefedin Muça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Evaristo Mello's late challenge caught a Eagle FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Evaristo Mello helped the player get up and apologised. The crowd rose to their feet as Eagle FC's Avzi Hasani slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ulysses Peixoto. That made the score 2-3 after 85 minutes of play. Eagle FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.