U23 World League

Deportivo Tandil
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rodrigo Cugat took the kick off in the first half of the match. KF Ballistet's Fotaq Strakosha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Cugat in the 4th minute of play. Rodrigo Cugat had several of the KF Ballistet's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 4 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 1-0 score and a disappointed Fotaq Strakosha as he didn't even see the shot coming. Rodrigo Cugat hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Ramiro Gizon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Çerçiz Topulli in the 8th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Skifter Imeraj hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abelardo Belarmo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fotaq Strakosha came out and tried to block the shot, but Abelardo Belarmo slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 21st minute. After a rather tough play, ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ's Rodrigo Cugat got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 28th minute Guximtar Kita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramiro Gizon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ's goal looked a bit too open when Guximtar Kita came free, but Ramiro Gizon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfred Karapici in the 33rd minute of play forced ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ's goalkeeper Ramiro Gizon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Samuel Cordareo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fotaq Strakosha was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Bardhyl Muka charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bardhyl Muka the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to KF Ballistet getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Bardhyl Muka hit a great ball. Ramiro Gizon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Skifter Imeraj, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Çerçiz Topulli made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ's Alfonso Urbasa got a free kick in the 51st minute. Ramiro Gizon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Skifter Imeraj, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 54 minutes into the match, KF Ballistet's Skifter Imeraj sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ramiro Gizon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 55 minutes, Ildefonso Egoitz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ and the KF Ballistet players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ildefonso Egoitz hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. KF Ballistet's Guximtar Kita got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, KF Ballistet's Valentin Kula got a free kick in the 63rd minute. The supporters of ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ booed when KF Ballistet was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andri Hajdari didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fotaq Strakosha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Cugat in the 70th minute of the match. Ramiro Gizon made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Skifter Imeraj sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Santiago in the 73rd minute of play forced KF Ballistet's goalkeeper Fotaq Strakosha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Roman Clis fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ's protests and gave Roman Clis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 77th match minute, ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Clis to maneuver through the defense. Ramiro Gizon made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Skifter Imeraj sent off a good shot on target. 85 minutes into the match, KF Ballistet's goal looked a bit too open when Samuel Cordareo came free, but Fotaq Strakosha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, KF Ballistet's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Cugat came free, but Fotaq Strakosha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rodrigo Cugat scored 4-0 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fotaq Strakosha, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. There was no doubt that ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ were the better team. ₡ösᴛᴀ ᴆᴇ ₿ᴀʀᴙɪĿ's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.