League Play-Off

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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Octavian Parlik made the kick off which started today's match. Keltrin Xhika showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Montay Peña in the 2nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Waterfront 80 defense, Octavian Parlik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Keltrin Xhika. The Waterfront 80 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Keltrin Xhika should have stopped the shot. Keltrin Xhika stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pleurat Duro's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. After 9 minutes, Yngve Wållander mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Skënderbeu FC and the Waterfront 80 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Yngve Wållander hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the match, Waterfront 80's goal looked a bit too open when Octavian Parlik came free, but Keltrin Xhika reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Skënderbeu FC fans' excitement grew in the 12th match minute when Skënderbeu FC's Ivar Gunnarsson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Béla Drechsler took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Keltrin Xhika. Keltrin Xhika dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After some careless play in the Waterfront 80 defense, Montay Peña kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Keltrin Xhika. The Waterfront 80 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Keltrin Xhika should have stopped the shot. If Montay Peña had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Waterfront 80's Keltrin Xhika played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yngve Wållander in the 26th minute of play. The supporters of Skënderbeu FC booed when Waterfront 80 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mehat Bushati didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Redi Ahmeti in the 34th minute of play forced Skënderbeu FC's goalkeeper Alfredão Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute Ivar Gunnarsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keltrin Xhika saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the game, Skënderbeu FC's Octavian Parlik nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Keltrin Xhika made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Keltrin Xhika made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivar Gunnarsson in the 43rd minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Redi Ahmeti made the kick off in the second half. Yngve Wållander scored 0-7 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Keltrin Xhika, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 56th minute, Montay Peña left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Skënderbeu FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. Ivar Gunnarsson's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 60thth minute, Keltrin Xhika skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 64th play minutes Yngve Wållander shot 0-9, a short shot which went by Keltrin Xhika and just under the crossbar into goal. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Béla Drechsler took a quick shot and it went in 0-10 without a chance for Keltrin Xhika to make any attempt to save it. Through an outstanding action, after 72 minutes, Keltrin Xhika successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With his leg Keltrin Xhika managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when Skënderbeu FC's Octavian Parlik fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Keltrin Xhika didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Montay Peña went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. 79 minutes into the game, Skënderbeu FC's Yngve Wållander nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Keltrin Xhika made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-12. In the 82nd minute of the match Octavian Parlik shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Keltrin Xhika showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Waterfront 80's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ivar Gunnarsson was slow to take the kick. During this time Skënderbeu FC's players had a chance to rest. Ivar Gunnarssons short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Keltrin Xhika to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Mehat Bushati kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Parlik in the 93rd minute of play forced Waterfront 80's goalkeeper Keltrin Xhika to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Keltrin Xhika was a little too slow when Yngve Wållander got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 95th minute. The score was now 0-13.