Friendly League

Estadio Reca
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kostandin Dallku made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Kostandin Dallku's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristiano Vargas was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diogo Pinhal got free with Donald Pango in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cristiano Vargas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kleant Pojani in the 6th minute of play. In the 8th match minute, SC Reca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isidoro Regalado to maneuver through the defense. When Diogo Pinhal came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the SC Reca 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 Diogo Pinhal couldn't finish the play. 18 minutes into the game, Idalécio Vilar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SC Reca's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lekbibaj KS the free kick. After 18 played minutes SC Reca got a freekick which was hit by Idalécio Vilar. The audience was convinced that Kostandin Dallku's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristiano Vargas was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Lekbibaj KS's zone, Diogo Pinhal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Donald Pango came out of the goal and Diogo Pinhal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, SC Reca's Julião Albuquerque got a free kick in the 26th minute. With a little luck, Lekbibaj KS's Donald Pango got control of the ball when Diogo Pinhal tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Lekbibaj KS's Kostandin Dallku in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SC Reca's goalie prevented a goal. In the 33rd minute, Landi Muçollari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Lekbibaj KS's Donald Pango got control of the ball when Diogo Pinhal tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 36th match minute, Lekbibaj KS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Landi Muçollari to maneuver through the defense. Kostandin Dallku received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Cristiano Vargas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 39 minutes, Januário Cesário mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SC Reca and the Lekbibaj KS players grew even worse after the yellow card.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Diogo Pinhal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Donald Pango took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diogo Pinhal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 54 minutes Lekbibaj KS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Octávio Ferraz who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on SC Reca's corner Octávio Ferraz fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Donald Pango quite easily take care of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Olgert Turshinka got free with Cristiano Vargas in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jorge Poças's late challenge caught a Lekbibaj KS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorge Poças helped the player get up and apologised. Lekbibaj KS made a substitution. Luli Tirona replaced Landi Muçollari. Cristiano Vargas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geni Tapa in the 63rd minute of play. Donald Pango came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by SC Reca's Diogo Pinhal. But to his dismay, Diogo Pinhal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Julião Albuquerque kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, SC Reca's goal looked a bit too open when Margarit Poci came free, but Cristiano Vargas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 70 played minutes SC Reca got a freekick which was hit by Julião Albuquerque. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Kostandin Dallku took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Cristiano Vargas to make any attempt to save it. In the 75th minute Diogo Pinhal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donald Pango saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristiano Vargas stood somewhat misplaced when Kostandin Dallku came free in front of goal and shot 1-3 to the left of him in the 78 minute. The goalkeeper, Cristiano Vargas, was totally fooled by Lekbibaj KS's Margarit Poci, who 82 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After a defensive mix-up in SC Reca's zone, Olgert Turshinka stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cristiano Vargas came out of the goal and Olgert Turshinka tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Octávio Ferraz hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Lekbibaj KS's Kostandin Dallku was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 89th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The nice shot from Kostandin Dallku in the 92ndth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Cristiano Vargas had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. The Lekbibaj KS supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Lekbibaj KS would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.