U23 World League

Balli Kombëtar
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Çerçiz Topulli started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes of play, Revenge's Berend Hermensen made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fotaq Strakosha was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fotaq Strakosha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steven Palsma in the 9th minute 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 Kees Koole in the 10th minute of play. KF Ballistet's Fotaq Strakosha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harry Zuurman in the 15th minute of play. After a rather tough play, KF Ballistet's Çerçiz Topulli got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 21st minute Igor Paprotny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fotaq Strakosha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Revenge's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Berend Hermensen in the 22nd minute. 26 minutes into the match, Harry Zuurman notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of KF Ballistet's Fotaq Strakosha. Fotaq Strakosha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Fotaq Strakosha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harry Zuurman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Revenge's Aleksandr Vasyutin got control of the ball when Guximtar Kita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fotaq Strakosha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Zuurman in the 34th minute of play. Fotaq Strakosha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kees Koole in the 37th minute of play. Fotaq Strakosha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harry Zuurman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to KF Ballistet getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Valentin Kula hit a great ball. Fotaq Strakosha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kees Koole, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kees Koole was the one to do the kick off. Kees Koole's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fotaq Strakosha firmly grabbed it by the left post. KF Ballistet were furious when Hashim Kapaj was red carded, 59 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Hashim Kapaj hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Fotaq Strakosha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kees Koole in the 62nd minute. In the 64th minute, Skifter Imeraj hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Harry Zuurman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Fotaq Strakosha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Berend Hermensen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fotaq Strakosha came out and tried to block the shot, but Berend Hermensen slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 72nd minute. With an all-out effort, Revenge's Fotaq Strakosha threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Harry Zuurman, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Çerçiz Topulli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Vasyutin having to interfere. 96 minutes into the match, KF Ballistet's goal looked a bit too open when Harry Zuurman came free, but Fotaq Strakosha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.