Official Cup

Tirana Stadioni
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Santiago Sidoro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Armilla's Froilan Dimas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Armilla from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Sidoro in the 6th minute of play forced Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Hakkı Onur Olcay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hakkı Onur Olcay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eron Machado, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 15th minute Santiago Sidoro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hakkı Onur Olcay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hakkı Onur Olcay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Sidoro, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After 19 minutes Akademia Maliqi's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Santiago Sidoro who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, Armilla's Alfredo Laredo got a free kick in the 26th minute. Ivón Echavarri's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 27thth minute, Froilan Dimas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hakkı Onur Olcay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Sidoro in the 33rd minute of play. Hakkı Onur Olcay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Sidoro, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. When Ivón Echavarri came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Akademia Maliqi 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 Ivón Echavarri couldn't finish the play. Hakkı Onur Olcay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thiago Nueva in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Akademia Maliqi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Santiago Sidoro was slow to take the kick. During this time Armilla's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Armilla's Etxave Zapater getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After the first half Armilla were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alexandru Nastac made a kick off. Thiago Nueva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hakkı Onur Olcay having to interfere. A collision led to Akademia Maliqi getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Kudret Hajdari hit a great ball. Hakkı Onur Olcay stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Santiago Sidoro's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. Froilan Dimas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandru Nastac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th match minute, Akademia Maliqi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Øyvind Skoglund to maneuver through the defense. If Santiago Sidoro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Armilla's Valery Grau was substituted for Santiago Sidoro. Akademia Maliqi's Hakkı Onur Olcay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Akademia Maliqi from getting a goal against them. 80 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Hakkı Onur Olcay had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thiago Nueva. Valery Grau could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Hakkı Onur Olcay made a huge save. With a little luck, Akademia Maliqi's Hakkı Onur Olcay got control of the ball when Valery Grau tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hakkı Onur Olcay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eron Machado in the 86th minute of the match. Hakkı Onur Olcay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eron Machado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.