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Hinckley
Spectators: 6952 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1852, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bjondi Selamaj made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes SC ZIDAN got a freekick which was hit by Geni Mertiri. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dashamir Piqoni got free with Mondi Topalli in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 6th minute, but Mondi Topalli got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving SC ZIDAN hanging dry this time. Ahmed Azdreni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Migjen Progni, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Minir Prenga charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Minir Prenga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th minute, Minir Prenga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute, Bjondi Selamaj ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ahmed Azdreni was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Migjen Progni in the 18th minute of play forced Howden FC's goalkeeper Ahmed Azdreni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dashamir Piqoni got free with Mondi Topalli in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 19th minute, Erdet Tola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mondi Topalli was out of position in the 20 minute of play, and Mirjan Fagu capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mirjan Fagu really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. In the 23rd minute, Mirjan Fagu 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Dashamir Piqoni got free with Mondi Topalli in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dashamir Piqoni had several of the SC ZIDAN's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 31 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 2-1 score and a disappointed Mondi Topalli as he didn't even see the shot coming. Mirjan Fagu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mondi Topalli having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Mirjan Fagu made the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as SC ZIDAN's Bjondi Selamaj slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ahmed Azdreni. That made the score 2-2 after 62 minutes of play. Dashamir Piqoni's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mondi Topalli read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. Mondi Topalli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fotaq Topulli, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Mondi Topalli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mirjan Fagu, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Dashamir Piqoni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mondi Topalli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dashamir Piqoni in the 91st minute of play. Erdet Tola hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match.