U23 World League

ARENA KOMBETARE
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hamílton Miranda made the kick off which started today's match. Yllson Tafilaj kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Hajredin Kamberi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otávio Toledo, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 7th minute, Mustafa Dabulla got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as FK LIQENORET's Yllson Tafilaj slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Patrick Recife. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. Fatbardh Hazgani hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. FK LIQENORET's Hajredin Kamberi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otávio Toledo in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Otávio Toledo in the 16th minute of play forced FK LIQENORET's goalkeeper Hajredin Kamberi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the game, Yllson Tafilaj was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FK LIQENORET's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AC Metropol the free kick. After a rather tough play, FK LIQENORET's Yllson Tafilaj got a free kick in the 17th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charles Zonta in the 20th minute of play forced FK LIQENORET's goalkeeper Hajredin Kamberi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd play minute Yllson Tafilaj came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Patrick Recife. 2-0. A collision led to FK LIQENORET getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Ledi Selmani hit a great ball. Hamílton Miranda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Hajredin Kamberi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd match minute, FK LIQENORET was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zaimin Gjoza to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes into the match, FK LIQENORET's goal looked a bit too open when Otávio Toledo came free, but Hajredin Kamberi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 38 minutes of play, AC Metropol's Otávio Toledo made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hajredin Kamberi was left in no man's land by his defense there! 45 minutes into the game, AC Metropol's Charles Zonta nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hajredin Kamberi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mustafa Dabulla was the one to do the kick off. Marcel Nunes charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marcel Nunes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 53 minutes into the game, one of AC Metropol:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 63 minutes into the match, FK LIQENORET's goal looked a bit too open when Hamílton Miranda came free, but Hajredin Kamberi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hajredin Kamberi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Otávio Toledo in the 64th minute. Patrick Recife showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luan Zhulali in the 65th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Otávio Toledo got free with Hajredin Kamberi in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FK LIQENORET's Hajredin Kamberi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save FK LIQENORET from getting a goal against them. Hajredin Kamberi made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Otávio Toledo sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Hajredin Kamberi managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when AC Metropol's Otávio Toledo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 84th minute, Luan Zhulali ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Recife was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. The audience was convinced that Mustafa Dabulla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Patrick Recife was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. Hajredin Kamberi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hamílton Miranda went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. When Mustafa Dabulla got free in front of the goal in the 98th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Patrick Recife was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar.