U23 World League

ARENA KOMBETARE
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) A collision led to FK LIQENORET getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Fatos Myftiu hit a great ball. After 7 played minutes FK LIQENORET got a freekick which was hit by Luan Zhulali. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Celsinho Bittencourt during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Celsinho Bittencourt kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. After having played for 11 minutes, Celsinho Bittencourt managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Inter de São Paulo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Celsinho Bittencourt was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Charles Santos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Fatbardh Hazgani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Charles Santos took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fatbardh Hazgani. Fatbardh Hazgani dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 28 minutes into the match, Celsinho Bittencourt notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of FK LIQENORET's Fatbardh Hazgani. Fatbardh Hazgani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Charles Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charles Santos in the 36th minute of play forced FK LIQENORET's goalkeeper Fatbardh Hazgani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yllson Tafilaj's late challenge caught a Inter de São Paulo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yllson Tafilaj helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FK LIQENORET getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Yllson Tafilaj hit a great ball. When Celsinho Bittencourt came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Inter de São Paulo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Celsinho Bittencourt couldn't finish the play. Fatbardh Hazgani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Charles Santos's shot from short distance in the 46th minute.

The wind increased when Charles Santos made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, FK LIQENORET's Mustafa Dabulla got a free kick in the 53rd minute. In the 55th minute, Charles Santos made a precise shot to the right of Fatbardh Hazgani. FK LIQENORET's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind FK LIQENORET's goalkeeper Fatbardh Hazgani, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in FK LIQENORET's zone, César Alagoano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fatbardh Hazgani came out of the goal and César Alagoano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 69 played minutes Charles Santos rounded FK LIQENORET's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-6. In the 73rd minute, César Alagoano 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. A collision led to Inter de São Paulo getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Charles Santos hit a great ball. 83 minutes into the match, FK LIQENORET's goalkeeper Fatbardh Hazgani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Charles Santos. Fatbardh Hazgani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celsinho Bittencourt in the 86th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Charles Santos could shoot a difficult shot in the 92nd minute, which Fatbardh Hazgani however easily saved by the left post. In the 93rd minute Celsinho Bittencourt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fatbardh Hazgani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Inter de São Paulo could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FK LIQENORET throughout the match.