League Play-Off

Përparim Stadiumi
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ilirian Bekolli took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vejsel Balla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ilirian Bekolli, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Raqi Reçi in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dashamir Vërçuni saved Kala e Dodës from getting behind. Përparim FK's Vejsel Balla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kreshnik Jahja in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Kala e Dodës's Hajdar Shero got a free kick in the 8th minute. If Kreshnik Jahja had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kala e Dodës's Dashamir Vërçuni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raqi Reçi in the 16th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Raqi Reçi in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dashamir Vërçuni saved Kala e Dodës from getting behind. After 25 played minutes Kala e Dodës got a freekick which was hit by Lulëzim Ibrahimi. The crowd rose to their feet as Përparim FK's Raqi Reçi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dashamir Vërçuni. That made the score 1-0 after 27 minutes of play. If Raqi Reçi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Raqi Reçi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute, Luftar Pambuku 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. Kala e Dodës's Dashamir Vërçuni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raqi Reçi in the 39th minute of play. In the 43rd match minute, Kala e Dodës was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arbnor Myslimi to maneuver through the defense. In the 44th minute, Përparim FK's Avzi Nexhipi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dashamir Vërçuni. Dashamir Vërçuni yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. If Raqi Reçi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

In the 53rd minute Avzi Nexhipi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dashamir Vërçuni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kreshnik Jahjas short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Vejsel Balla to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 60 played minutes Përparim FK got a freekick which was hit by Nexhmi Boshnjaku. In the 61st minute, Kreshnik Jahja 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. The audience was convinced that Ilirian Bekolli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vejsel Balla was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Kreshnik Jahja fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vejsel Balla having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Kala e Dodës's zone, Avzi Nexhipi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dashamir Vërçuni came out of the goal and Avzi Nexhipi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 81st minute, Ilirian Bekolli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vejsel Balla. The goal made the score 2-2. Raqi Reçi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dashamir Vërçuni having to make a save. Raqi Reçi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Dashamir Vërçuni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Raqi Reçi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.