Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mehat Kovaçi kicked off to start the match. Albania's Marjus Laçka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karim Benzema in the 4th minute of play. Ulf Prengel lost his temper 6 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in KARAORMAN fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 6th minute. Penalty! Nderim Pepo took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iona Lightfoot. Iona Lightfoot dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Iona Lightfoot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nderim Pepo in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nderim Pepo in the 20th minute of play forced KARAORMAN's goalkeeper Iona Lightfoot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iona Lightfoot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nderim Pepo in the 27th minute. Mehat Kovaçi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Iona Lightfoot came out and tried to block the shot, but Mehat Kovaçi slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 38th minute. Živko Gjurčinovski made in the 40th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Guo Ling Zhou however managed to control. The audience was convinced that Dalibor Stefanovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marjus Laçka was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 47th minute, Albania's Nderim Pepo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Karim Benzema to make the kick off. Nderim Pepo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iona Lightfoot read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. When Albania's Nderim Pepo in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye KARAORMAN's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nderim Pepo in the 58th minute of play forced KARAORMAN's goalkeeper Iona Lightfoot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58thth minute of the game Nderim Pepo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KARAORMAN's Iona Lightfoot was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Aulin Janku came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Albania 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 Aulin Janku couldn't finish the play. After 63 played minutes Albania got a freekick which was hit by Nexhat Shaho. 64 minutes into the match, KARAORMAN's Karim Benzema sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marjus Laçka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Nderim Pepo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iona Lightfoot was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. 73 minutes into the match, KARAORMAN's goal looked a bit too open when Nderim Pepo came free, but Iona Lightfoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dalibor Stefanovski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marjus Laçka read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. Nderim Pepo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iona Lightfoot read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nderim Pepo in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Iona Lightfoot prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Karim Benzema came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the KARAORMAN 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 Karim Benzema couldn't finish the play. Albania's Mitat Shaho was substituted for Fatbardh Malko. Iona Lightfoot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nderim Pepo, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 90th minute Nderim Pepo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iona Lightfoot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.