Friendly League

Randkleve Stadion
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Liu Hui Qi started the match with the kick off. Liu Hui Qi in the 3rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Branden Shelton, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. K.F TIRANA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Coronel Durango in the 7th minute. In the 9th minute Paco Cano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucjan Sedzikowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Branden Shelton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liu Hui Qi, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristoforo De Luca during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Branden Shelton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Al Bundy, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 18th minute Al Bundy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Branden Shelton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Branden Shelton didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Randkleve's Liu Hui Qi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 22nd minute of the match, Al Bundy tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Branden Shelton saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 24 minutes into the match, K.F TIRANA's goal looked a bit too open when Al Bundy came free, but Branden Shelton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th match minute, Randkleve was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bai Yu Guo to maneuver through the defense. K.F TIRANA's Branden Shelton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shi Xiang Zhi in the 32nd minute of play. Nevjon Rexhepi hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liu Hui Qi in the 39th minute of play forced K.F TIRANA's goalkeeper Branden Shelton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Avram Iorgulescu's late challenge caught a Randkleve's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Avram Iorgulescu helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in K.F TIRANA fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 42nd minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 45 minutes, Randkleve's Liu Hui Qi got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Branden Shelton. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Cano in the 47th minute of play forced Randkleve's goalkeeper Lucjan Sedzikowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Cristoforo De Luca made the kick off in the second half. Branden Shelton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Hui Qi in the 56th minute of play. In the 56th minute Liu Hui Qi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Branden Shelton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Basilio Ramírez in the 59th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by K.F TIRANA's Nevjon Rexhepi. In the 61st minute, Liu Hui Qi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Randkleve fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Al Bundy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Branden Shelton having to interfere. Branden Shelton stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Liu Hui Qi's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. Randkleve's Unndór Takeris got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There was no doubt that Randkleve were the better team. Randkleve's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.