World League

Tirana Stadioni
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alexandru Nastac made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Olly May hit a great ball. Artur Maciejewski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emmanuel Urruti in the 9th minute. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Karl Beck hit a great ball. Timoteo Lucero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aníbal Fonseca in the 11th minute of play. Artur Maciejewski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Oran Tahiri's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. 18 minutes into the game, Segundo Volante was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Royal Knights FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Akademia Maliqi the free kick. Segundo Volante hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. When Akademia Maliqi's Oran Tahiri in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Royal Knights FC's goalie prevented a goal. 32 minutes into the match, Alexandru Nastac had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Artur Maciejewski. Royal Knights FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexandru Nastac was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Aníbal Fonseca hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind Royal Knights FC's goalkeeper Artur Maciejewski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Akademia Maliqi's Oran Tahiri in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Royal Knights FC's goalie prevented a goal. When Oran Tahiri got free in front of the goal in the 37th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Artur Maciejewski was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Afonso Alves kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. 46 minutes into the game, Yuri Ibrishimov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Akademia Maliqi's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Royal Knights FC the free kick. Yuri Ibrishimov kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match.

The wind increased when Cristóvão Valle made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Alexandru Nastac's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artur Maciejewski was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Royal Knights FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guaberto Gilesindo was slow to take the kick. During this time Akademia Maliqi's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Akademia Maliqi's corner Guaberto Gilesindo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Artur Maciejewski quite easily take care of the ball. Artur Maciejewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emmanuel Urruti went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Artur Maciejewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emmanuel Urruti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 68 minutes Royal Knights FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Guaberto Gilesindo who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Guaberto Gilesindo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Artur Maciejewski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Akademia Maliqi's Guaberto Gilesindo got a free kick in the 69th minute. After having played for 78 minutes, Oran Tahiri managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Akademia Maliqi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oran Tahiri was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Akademia Maliqi made a substitution. Ivón Echavarri replaced Alexandru Nastac. After 82 minutes of play, Akademia Maliqi's Ivón Echavarri made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Artur Maciejewski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Segundo Volante kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Timoteo Lucero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diguinho Rocha in the 89th minute of the match. After having played for 95 minutes, Emmanuel Urruti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Akademia Maliqi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emmanuel Urruti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Akademia Maliqi fully deserved thier win.