U23 League

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Désiré Kaká made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the game, Nunez Amato cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Edrin Hajdaraga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the Red Bull Club defense, Nunez Amato kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edrin Hajdaraga. The Red Bull Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edrin Hajdaraga should have stopped the shot. In the 13th minute Ahmet Ali Poyraz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edrin Hajdaraga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 14 minutes Red Bull Club's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Valentinos Karapialis who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Ahmet Ali Poyraz almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Red Bull Club's Edrin Hajdaraga did a great save. Bojan Daev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Martin Chocholatý made a huge save. In the 17th minute, Bojan Daev got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Christos Kakkos got a free kick in the 19th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Red Bull Club's Serafim Selmani sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Martin Chocholatý narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 24 minutes into the match, Désiré Kaká had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edrin Hajdaraga. Red Bull Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Désiré Kaká was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Edrin Hajdaraga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ahmet Ali Poyraz went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 30thth minute of the game Valentinos Karapialis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Red Bull Club's Edrin Hajdaraga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Red Bull Club's Stamen Kralevski got a free kick in the 40th minute. After the first half FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bojan Daev to make the kick off. After having played for 52 minutes, Nunez Amato managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nunez Amato was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nunez Amato received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Edrin Hajdaraga came out and tried to block the shot, but Nunez Amato slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 64th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alekos Vlantis during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Ahmet Ali Poyraz hit a great ball. In the 82ndth minute of the game Atanas Živkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Martin Chocholatý was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Désiré Kaká got free with Edrin Hajdaraga in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Alekos Vlantis hit a great ball. After 95 played minutes FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO got a freekick which was hit by Christos Kakkos. FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO played a much better game than Red Bull Club and deserved their victory. The Red Bull Club players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.