U23 World League

STADIUM MEXACOMX
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arianit Toptani made the kick off which started today's match. Belchior Conde's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 6thth minute, Lilo Gjondeda skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Arianit Toptani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Delfim Brás tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Arianit Toptani sped through MEXACOMX's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Delfim Brás. A collision led to Eagle FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Nikolin Sukaj hit a great ball. The Eagle FC fans' excitement grew in the 19th match minute when Eagle FC's Arianit Toptani looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Nikolin Sukaj received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Delfim Brás tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Delfim Brás showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arianit Toptani, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Belchior Conde charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Belchior Conde the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, MEXACOMX's Belchior Conde got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 38th minute, Arianit Toptani 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: 0-4. MEXACOMX's Delfim Brás played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arianit Toptani in the 43rd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Hélio Granja kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lilo Gjondeda. That made the score 1-4 in the 48 minute of play.

When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Arianit Toptani put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Delfim Brás. A collision led to MEXACOMX getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Belchior Conde hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Eagle FC's Arianit Toptani got a free kick in the 68th minute. Delfim Brás was a little too slow when Pirro Lenja got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 1-6. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Arianit Toptani managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eagle FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Arianit Toptani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Delfim Brás breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Arianit Toptani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute, Lorik Cana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dimas Camargo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 78th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. A collision led to MEXACOMX getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Diogo Ponte hit a great ball. Arianit Toptani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delfim Brás having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arianit Toptani in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Delfim Brás saved MEXACOMX from getting behind. In the 97th minute, Pirro Lenja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Eagle FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.