Friendly League

Runa Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, 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. Paco Cano started the match with the kick off. Joel Andreasson hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The supporters of Runa United booed when K.F TIRANA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jorald Lazaj didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the match, Runa United's goal looked a bit too open when Paco Cano came free, but 姜青超 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th of the match, Harry Boumans tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Branden Shelton got in the way and made a wonderful save. In the 12th minute, Paco Cano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The K.F TIRANA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Branden Shelton made an important save on a dangerous shot by Harry Boumans in the 14th minute. When Harry Boumans came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Runa United 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 Harry Boumans couldn't finish the play. After 28 played minutes K.F TIRANA got a freekick which was hit by Nevjon Rexhepi. K.F TIRANA's Branden Shelton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save K.F TIRANA from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Zeng Bing Fei managed to get in a good position for a shot. Runa United's supporters rose to their feet, but Zeng Bing Fei was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Branden Shelton breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Harry Boumans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Branden Shelton was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 35th minute, Paco Cano got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Branden Shelton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeng Bing Fei in the 39th minute of play. Branden Shelton made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Harry Boumans sent off a good shot on target. After 46 minutes, Stanislaw Szarmach mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Runa United and the K.F TIRANA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Stanislaw Szarmach kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The Runa United players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. K.F TIRANA were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Harry Boumans made a kick off. Vegard Helmersen charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vegard Helmersen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to K.F TIRANA getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Vegard Helmersen hit a great ball. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind K.F TIRANA's goalkeeper Branden Shelton, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Branden Shelton came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Runa United's Harry Boumans. But to his dismay, Harry Boumans quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. When Joel Andreasson came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Runa United 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 Joel Andreasson couldn't finish the play. Branden Shelton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Boumans in the 60th minute of play. In the 65th minute Runa United were awarded a corner. Aleksander Vassenius went to the cornerflag to take it. Valentino Santana was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. With a little luck, Runa United's 姜青超 got control of the ball when Jorald Lazaj tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 69th minute, Valentino Santana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 77 minutes into the match, Harry Boumans had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Branden Shelton. K.F TIRANA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Harry Boumans was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Branden Shelton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zeng Bing Fei, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 83rd match minute, K.F TIRANA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mao Zhen Xing to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to K.F TIRANA getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Vegard Helmersen hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Runa United's Aleksander Vassenius tried to score from far away in the 85th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Branden Shelton stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Harry Boumans's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. Jonas Arvidsson's late challenge caught a Runa United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonas Arvidsson helped the player get up and apologised. When the referee ended the match the Runa United players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.