U23 World League

Marla Stadium
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Igor Gaspar kicked off to start the match. SANTOS F.C's Antonio Swiderski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save SANTOS F.C from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Almir Perez in the 6th minute of play forced K.F.MALIQI's goalkeeper Lew Yashin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Januz Kapaj managed to get in a good position for a shot. K.F.MALIQI's supporters rose to their feet, but Januz Kapaj was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antonio Swiderski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match clock showed 21 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Nertil Ktona sped through SANTOS F.C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Antonio Swiderski. Lew Yashin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Almir Perez in the 27th minute of play. Nertil Ktona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 32 minutes into the match, Nertil Ktona dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Antonio Swiderski, 3-0. Lew Yashin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Galvão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nertil Ktona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lew Yashin made a fantastic save in the 50th minute, when Luiz Galvão sent off a good shot on target. Lew Yashin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Almir Perez in the 58th minute. K.F.MALIQI's Lew Yashin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Gaspar in the 63rd minute of play. In the 64th minute of the match SANTOS F.C got a corner. K.F.MALIQI's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Princewill Akprizy Savisaar ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 69th minute, Nertil Ktona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Antonio Swiderski was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Princewill Akprizy Savisaar charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Princewill Akprizy Savisaar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to SANTOS F.C getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Princewill Akprizy Savisaar hit a great ball. Richard Magalhães could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Lew Yashin made a huge save. Lindi Xhaja fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonio Swiderski having to interfere. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Lindi Xhaja sped through SANTOS F.C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Antonio Swiderski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Gaspar in the 85th minute of play forced K.F.MALIQI's goalkeeper Lew Yashin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nertil Ktona might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Antonio Swiderski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nertil Ktona ran back to his position shaking his head. Lew Yashin made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Almir Perez sent off a good shot on target. Richard Magalhães hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Nertil Ktona scored 8-0 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antonio Swiderski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. K.F.MALIQI'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.