U23 League

Tirana Stadioni
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Oran Tahiri made the kick off which started today's match. When Akademia Maliqi's Oran Tahiri in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Undertaker's goalie prevented a goal. In the 13th match minute, The Undertaker was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koulis Filippas to maneuver through the defense. Akademia Maliqi's Sidni Tili played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fondas Alexandris in the 16th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, The Undertaker's goal looked a bit too open when Artmir Daci came free, but Michalis Konstantinidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Theofanis Mavreas scored 1-1 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sidni Tili, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Michalis Konstantinidis made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Oran Tahiri sent off a good shot on target. Akademia Maliqi's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Algert Boro in the 27th minute. After taking down the ball on Akademia Maliqi's corner Algert Boro fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Michalis Konstantinidis quite easily take care of the ball. In the 30thth minute of the game Oran Tahiri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Undertaker's Michalis Konstantinidis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in The Undertaker's zone, Oran Tahiri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Michalis Konstantinidis came out of the goal and Oran Tahiri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Oran Tahiri in the 38thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Michalis Konstantinidis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Akademia Maliqi's Sidni Tili played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anastasios Papagiannis in the 39th minute of play. Miltos Giatropoulos's late challenge caught a Akademia Maliqi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miltos Giatropoulos helped the player get up and apologised. After 41 played minutes The Undertaker got a freekick which was hit by Miltos Giatropoulos. If Oran Tahiri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th minute Theofanis Mavreas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidni Tili saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oran Tahiri's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Michalis Konstantinidis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 48th minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anastasios Papagiannis to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Oran Tahiri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michalis Konstantinidis was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Undertaker's goalkeeper Michalis Konstantinidis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in The Undertaker's zone, Algert Boro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Michalis Konstantinidis came out of the goal and Algert Boro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Anastasios Papagiannis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sidni Tili came out and tried to block the shot, but Anastasios Papagiannis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 62nd minute. 66 minutes into the game, Akademia Maliqi's Oran Tahiri nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Michalis Konstantinidis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Sidni Tili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fondas Alexandris in the 69th minute of the match. The supporters of Akademia Maliqi booed when The Undertaker was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miltos Giatropoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Michalis Konstantinidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oran Tahiri, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 77th match minute, Akademia Maliqi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olsi Berberi to maneuver through the defense. Akademia Maliqi's Sidni Tili proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Akademia Maliqi from getting a goal against them. 81 minutes into the match, The Undertaker's goal looked a bit too open when Oran Tahiri came free, but Michalis Konstantinidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Michalis Konstantinidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oran Tahiri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Akademia Maliqi's Oran Tahiri in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Undertaker's goalie prevented a goal. Sidni Tili showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anastasios Papagiannis, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Kleon Stavrakakis kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anastasios Papagiannis in the 96th minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Sidni Tili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 97 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goal looked a bit too open when Fondas Prattis came free, but Sidni Tili reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.