U23 World League

Air Albania
Spectators: 7547 (Terracing: 5662, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Piotr Adamus hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ariton Krstevski in the 6th minute of play forced Russówek's goalkeeper Lech Nakoneczny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the ✩ Pep Team ✩ defense, Tadeusz Pozorski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Andrej Maksimovski. The ✩ Pep Team ✩ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Andrej Maksimovski should have stopped the shot. After 12 minutes, Kajetan Zagrodny mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Russówek and the ✩ Pep Team ✩ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 12 played minutes Russówek got a freekick which was hit by Kajetan Zagrodny. Cvetan Rugova charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cvetan Rugova the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th minute, Cvetan Rugova hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 23 minutes into the game, Ariton Krstevski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Lech Nakoneczny was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Russówek were furious when Stasio Prusinowski was red carded, 27 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Lech Nakoneczny had in the 30thth minute some difficulties stopping Ranko Nedev's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The excitement rose when ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Ranko Nedev after 30 played minutes turned away three defenders near the goal, and after that shot a ball that was too difficult for Russówek's goalkeeper to hold. Score! 2-3. When Jerzy Pliszka came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Russówek 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 Jerzy Pliszka couldn't finish the play. A collision led to ✩ Pep Team ✩ getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Lirim Dzaferi hit a great ball. Leka Josifov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Lech Nakoneczny made a huge save. A collision led to ✩ Pep Team ✩ getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Žare Rajkoski hit a great ball. Andrej Maksimovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerzy Pliszka in the 44th minute of the match. Ariton Krstevski charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ariton Krstevski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 48th minute, Ariton Krstevski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lech Nakoneczny. The goal made the score 3-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 3-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cvetan Rugova stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ranko Nedev charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ranko Nedev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 57th minute, Ranko Nedev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tadeusz Pozorski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 59th minute, Mite Milevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cvetan Rugova was shown his second yellow card after 60 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to ✩ Pep Team ✩ getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Cvetan Rugova hit a great ball. Andrzej Solibieda kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Andrej Maksimovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerzy Pliszka, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. After a rather tough play, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Andon Fotev got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 67th minute Jerzy Pliszka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrej Maksimovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Russówek's Tadeusz Pozorski got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jerzy Pliszka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Andrej Maksimovski made a huge save. Andrej Maksimovski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Russówek's Tadeusz Pozorski shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-5 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeusz Pozorski in the 84th minute of play forced ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goalkeeper Andrej Maksimovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jerzy Pliszka recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ariton Krstevski was shown his second yellow card after 88 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 89 played minutes ✩ Pep Team ✩ got a freekick which was hit by Ariton Krstevski. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tadeusz Pozorski in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Andrej Maksimovski prevented the ball from getting in the gole.