Official Cup

Tirana Stadioni
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rodolfo Hanot started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Alexandru Nastac's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Laureano Belasko was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Franco Di Santo kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes in the game Radomil Hodyl did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Maximiliano Celio. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandru Nastac in the 8th minute of play forced Racing Comunicaciones's goalkeeper Laureano Belasko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivón Echavarri came free with the goalkeeper in the 9th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Laureano Belasko could save by the left post. Krzysztof Rutkowski kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Godfredo Emmanuel during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Racing Comunicaciones's Godfredo Emmanuel got a free kick in the 14th minute. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Ivón Echavarri hit a great ball. Timoteo Lucero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximiliano Celio in the 17th minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Racing Comunicaciones's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Paulin Balliu fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 23 minutes into the match, Racing Comunicaciones's goalkeeper Laureano Belasko had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ivón Echavarri. Laureano Belasko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandru Nastac in the 25th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Racing Comunicaciones's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandru Nastac came free, but Laureano Belasko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Akademia Maliqi's Ivón Echavarri got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Laureano Belasko made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Alexandru Nastac sent off a good shot on target. Alexandru Nastac succeeded in the game's 33rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. The supporters of Racing Comunicaciones booed when Akademia Maliqi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulin Balliu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 42nd minute, Teobald Chrobak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Laureano Belasko managed to avoid a goal in the 45thth minute, when Akademia Maliqi's Ivón Echavarri fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexandru Nastac stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Akademia Maliqi booed when Racing Comunicaciones was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franco Di Santo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Franco Di Santo during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Franco Di Santo hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Laureano Belasko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivón Echavarri in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandru Nastac in the 59th minute of play forced Racing Comunicaciones's goalkeeper Laureano Belasko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Alexandru Nastac had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Laureano Belasko. Racing Comunicaciones's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexandru Nastac was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Emmanuel Urruti managed to get in a good position for a shot. Akademia Maliqi's supporters rose to their feet, but Emmanuel Urruti was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Laureano Belasko breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 81 minutes into the match, Racing Comunicaciones's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandru Nastac came free, but Laureano Belasko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Franco Di Santo kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Racing Comunicaciones's Laureano Belasko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandru Nastac in the 86th minute of play. Rodolfo Hanot sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 94 minutes into the match, Racing Comunicaciones's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandru Nastac came free, but Laureano Belasko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute Alexandru Nastac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laureano Belasko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 98 played minutes Akademia Maliqi got a freekick which was hit by Nexhat Zhiva. Timoteo Lucero was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 99th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Radomil Hodyl. Akademia Maliqi's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.