U18 World League

Balli Kombëtar
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Fauna Utd's Gerard Helssen started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With his leg Jan De Geyter managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when KF Ballistet's Guximtar Kita fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 10 minutes in the game, Klodian Nika dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Guximtar Kita succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 11th playminute. After a rather tough play, KF Ballistet's Kejni Sheta got a free kick in the 14th minute. 16 minutes into the game, Gerard Helssen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Nafiz Eminaj was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the KF Ballistet defense, Gerard Helssen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nafiz Eminaj. The KF Ballistet fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nafiz Eminaj should have stopped the shot. Jonathan Raniers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Nafiz Eminaj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Esat Basha during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 28 minutes into the match, Fauna Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Jahmir Bato came free, but Jan De Geyter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Fauna Utd booed when KF Ballistet was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shefqet Vangjeli didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 35th minute, Jetmir Xeci sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Fauna Utd's Jan De Geyter didn't even have to move. Shefqet Vangjeli hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Nafiz Eminaj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Raniers in the 39th minute of the match. Karel-Jan Coryn hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. 45 minutes into the match, KF Ballistet's Jetmir Xeci broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. With a little luck, Fauna Utd's Jan De Geyter got control of the ball when Guximtar Kita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Klodian Nika made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Shefqet Vangjeli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 55 minutes into the match, Cederik Van de Velde had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nafiz Eminaj. KF Ballistet's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cederik Van de Velde was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Nafiz Eminaj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lenny Massenhove, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After having played for 60 minutes, Guximtar Kita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KF Ballistet's supporters crossed their fingers, but Guximtar Kita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Fauna Utd getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Octave Hacke hit a great ball. Jan De Geyter didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when KF Ballistet's Klodian Nika shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-3 in the ordered_time% minute. The audience was convinced that Klodian Nika's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan De Geyter was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerard Helssen in the 71st minute of play forced KF Ballistet's goalkeeper Nafiz Eminaj to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to KF Ballistet getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Jetmir Xeci hit a great ball. Fauna Utd's Jan De Geyter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kejni Sheta in the 77th minute of play. 80 minutes into the game, Lenny Massenhove recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Nafiz Eminaj. Lenny Massenhove showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gerard Helssen got free with Nafiz Eminaj in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jetmir Xeci kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Shefqet Vangjeli kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. In the 91st minute, Fauna Utd's Gerard Helssen ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nafiz Eminaj. Nafiz Eminaj yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-5. Gerard Helssen who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 96thth minute tested the skills of Nafiz Eminaj when he managed to save the team from getting behind.