National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) After a rather tough play, Albania's Marjus Dragoti got a free kick in the 5th minute. Pompílio Rebello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marjus Dragoti in the 8th minute of the match. Pompílio Rebello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marjus Dragoti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 14 minutes into the match, Angola's goal looked a bit too open when Mehat Kovaçi came free, but Pompílio Rebello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilmi Duka in the 20th minute of play forced Angola's goalkeeper Pompílio Rebello to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute Edmundo Fontão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marjus Laçka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mehat Kovaçi got free with Pompílio Rebello in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ilmi Duka hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Marjus Laçka stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edmundo Fontão's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. Edmundo Fontão took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marjus Laçka. Marjus Laçka dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 33 minutes into the match, Angola's goal looked a bit too open when Ilmi Duka came free, but Pompílio Rebello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 34 minutes Angola's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fisnik Qiraxhi who took care of the corner kick. 40 minutes into the match, Albania's Mehat Kovaçi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pompílio Rebello narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pompílio Rebello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marjus Dragoti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pompílio Rebello made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mehat Kovaçi in the 47th minute. Mehat Kovaçi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 47thth minute, Pompílio Rebello skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After the first half Angola were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edmundo Fontão to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute Marjus Dragoti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pompílio Rebello saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute, Ilmi Duka ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pompílio Rebello was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Marjus Laçka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Fontão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 67 played minutes Albania got a freekick which was hit by Marjus Dragoti. Marjus Dragoti hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. 70 minutes into the match, Albania's goal looked a bit too open when Edmundo Fontão came free, but Marjus Laçka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Angola's goal looked a bit too open when Ilmi Duka came free, but Pompílio Rebello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pompílio Rebello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aulin Janku, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute, Edmundo Fontão left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Angola fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. 79 minutes into the match, Angola's goal looked a bit too open when Marjus Dragoti came free, but Pompílio Rebello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marjus Dragoti's late challenge caught a Angola's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marjus Dragoti helped the player get up and apologised. A hard shot by David Dos Santos from long distance, 82 minutes into the match, got Marjus Laçka's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Ilmi Duka managed to get in a good position for a shot. Albania's supporters rose to their feet, but Ilmi Duka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pompílio Rebello breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Angola's Pompílio Rebello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marjus Dragoti in the 90th minute of play. Pompílio Rebello didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ilmi Duka went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Albania lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.