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LEZHA STADIUM
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Claude Theron got the match started through his kick off. Arbër Cake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmondo Farina in the 4th minute of the match. BESËLIDHJA KS's Arbër Cake played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claude Theron in the 9th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, FC Partizan Tirana's goal looked a bit too open when Xhevat Qeraxhiu came free, but Halil Hasangjekaj reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Progon Xhumba got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Halil Hasangjekaj quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xhevat Qeraxhiu in the 16th minute of play forced FC Partizan Tirana's goalkeeper Halil Hasangjekaj to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Oleg Tretyakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 20th minute Oleg Tretyakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arbër Cake saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Oleg Tretyakov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arbër Cake was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Oleg Tretyakov put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Arbër Cake. After 25 played minutes BESËLIDHJA KS got a freekick which was hit by Florian Lufi. Semi Xeci kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Edmondo Farina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arbër Cake saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arbër Cake showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oleg Tretyakov in the 29th minute of the match. Ervis Veliu kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. When Claude Theron came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the FC Partizan Tirana 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 Claude Theron couldn't finish the play. BESËLIDHJA KS's Arbër Cake played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claude Theron in the 34th minute of play. In the 36th minute, Claude Theron made a precise shot to the right of Arbër Cake. BESËLIDHJA KS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Arbër Cake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmondo Farina in the 39th minute of play. Arbër Cake showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claude Theron, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Edmondo Farina scored 0-3 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arbër Cake, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Xhevat Qeraxhiu was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of BESËLIDHJA KS booed when FC Partizan Tirana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claude Theron didn't get a good kick on the ball. Altuğ Sancar received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arbër Cake came out and tried to block the shot, but Altuğ Sancar slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 56th minute. 59 minutes into the game, Semi Xeci was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BESËLIDHJA KS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Partizan Tirana the free kick. Semi Xeci kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Edmondo Farina kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arbër Cake. That made the score 0-5 in the 60 minute of play. The throw-in from Bashkim Mirditori in the 64th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Partizan Tirana's Shpend Kule. 65 minutes into the match, BESËLIDHJA KS's goal looked a bit too open when Nezhdet Selamaj came free, but Arbër Cake reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arbër Cake showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nezhdet Selamaj, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 67 minutes into the match, BESËLIDHJA KS's goalkeeper Arbër Cake had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Claude Theron. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmondo Farina got free with Arbër Cake in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Xhevat Qeraxhiu hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, BESËLIDHJA KS's Ervis Veliu got a free kick in the 71st minute. In the 72nd minute, Ervis Veliu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oleg Tretyakov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Arbër Cake made a huge save. After 80 played minutes BESËLIDHJA KS got a freekick which was hit by Semi Xeci. Arbër Cake showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enerik Berishaj, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 86th minute Oleg Tretyakov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arbër Cake saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arbër Cake made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Edmondo Farina sent off a good shot on target. Arbër Cake took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claude Theron, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute, Nezhdet Selamaj hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over FC Partizan Tirana could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than BESËLIDHJA KS throughout the match.