U23 League

Eagles Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Kostas Briakos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the game, Kostas Briakos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Lilo Gjondeda was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 9th minute, Arianit Toptani made a precise shot to the right of Savas Kokkinos. INTER's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Kostas Briakos sped through Eagle FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lilo Gjondeda. After a rather tough play, Eagle FC's Emir Dede got a free kick in the 20th minute. Arianit Toptani had several of the INTER's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 24 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-2 score and a disappointed Savas Kokkinos as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 26th minute Andrei Măgură shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lilo Gjondeda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. INTER's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Andrei Măgură in the 27th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Lautaro Martines heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Savas Kokkinos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arianit Toptani in the 29th minute. After 37 played minutes INTER got a freekick which was hit by Panagiotis Dentsas. Thanks to some nice moves Arianit Toptani could shoot a difficult shot in the 39th minute, which Savas Kokkinos however easily saved by the left post. After 48 minutes, Kostas Briakos made it 3-3 with a short kick to the right side. Eagle FC's Lilo Gjondeda tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pirro Lenja stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Avzi Hasani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Savas Kokkinos was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. 57 minutes into the match, Eagle FC's goalkeeper Lilo Gjondeda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kostas Briakos. The supporters of INTER booed when Eagle FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrea Hajdari didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to INTER getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Kostas Briakos hit a great ball. A collision led to Eagle FC getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Lorik Cana hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute of the match, Kostas Briakos got a very nice opportunity to score, but Lilo Gjondeda was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After a rather tough play, INTER's Andrei Măgură got a free kick in the 65th minute. After having played for 77 minutes, Arianit Toptani managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eagle FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arianit Toptani was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, INTER's Theofanis Adamiadis got a free kick in the 81st minute. Savas Kokkinos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pirro Lenja, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd 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. Savas Kokkinos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 84 played minutes INTER got a freekick which was hit by Theofanis Adamiadis. Pirro Lenja scored 4-3 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Savas Kokkinos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Savas Kokkinos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Avzi Hasani in the 88th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Avzi Hasani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Savas Kokkinos was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-3. Eagle FC made a substitution. Llesh Kapllani replaced Emir Dede. After 94 played minutes Eagle FC got a freekick which was hit by Lorik Cana. Thanks to some nice moves Kostas Briakos could shoot a difficult shot in the 96th minute, which Lilo Gjondeda however easily saved by the left post. If Arianit Toptani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. INTER's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.