League Play-Off

Gracen Stadiumi
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rexhep Cuni took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Gracen getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Pelion Hamdiu hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Peshkopia KS's zone, Pelion Hamdiu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fisnik Basha came out of the goal and Pelion Hamdiu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alket Pisha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Fisnik Basha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 15th minute, Redon Bufi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Gracen's Keltrin Lamçja tried to score from far away in the 16th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. When Rexhep Cuni fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Peshkopia KS's protests and gave Rexhep Cuni a yellow card for diving instead. Rexhep Cuni hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alket Pisha got free with Fisnik Basha in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armend Reçi in the 33rd minute of play forced Gracen's goalkeeper Nandi Radici to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the game, Edi Maxhari cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Fisnik Basha was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Armend Reçi came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Peshkopia KS 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 Armend Reçi couldn't finish the play. Armend Reçi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 44 minutes, Armend Reçi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Peshkopia KS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Armend Reçi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rexhep Cuni might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nandi Radici. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rexhep Cuni ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 47th minute Armend Reçi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nandi Radici saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pelion Hamdiu to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute of the match Gracen got a corner. Peshkopia KS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Keltrin Lamçja ran over to the corner to take the kick. Gracen's Keltrin Lamçja was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fisnik Basha in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Fisnik Basha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pelion Hamdiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nandi Radici showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rexhep Cuni in the 59th minute of the match. Rexhep Cuni blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nandi Radici having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Armend Reçi got free with Nandi Radici in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nandi Radici made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Armend Reçi sent off a good shot on target. Fisnik Basha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alket Pisha, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. 2-0 became the score in the 84th minute when Pelion Hamdiu elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. If Rexhep Cuni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 95 minutes, Redon Bufi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Peshkopia KS and the Gracen players grew even worse after the yellow card. Redon Bufi kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match.