Friendly League

Mali T Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Bantry Gollogley started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Ilulea FC's goal looked a bit too open when Indrit Surroi came free, but Angelino Mederi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Bantry Gollogley managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ilulea FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Bantry Gollogley was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Genci Qatipi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Genci Qatipi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Quirze, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Ilulea FC's Bantry Gollogley got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Angelino Mederi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertian Palla in the 20th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Mali i Thatë FC's Shefqet Isallari got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute of the match Filomeno Harri shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Genci Qatipi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When Bantry Gollogley came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Ilulea FC 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 Bantry Gollogley couldn't finish the play. Saturnino Ezkerra struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Genci Qatipi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ilulea FC. Angelino Mederi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertian Palla in the 31st minute of the match. Genci Qatipi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Quirze, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 34th minute, Saturnino Ezkerra made a precise shot to the right of Genci Qatipi. Mali i Thatë FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 38th minute Bantry Gollogley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Genci Qatipi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 41 played minutes Mali i Thatë FC got a freekick which was hit by Olgert Gjasyla. In the 41st minute of the match Filomeno Harri sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Genci Qatipi skillfully saved the ball. 44 minutes into the match, Saturnino Ezkerra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Genci Qatipi. Mali i Thatë FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Saturnino Ezkerra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bertian Palla to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Arnulfo Eguntsenti 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. Genci Qatipi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bantry Gollogley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teofilo Quirzes short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Genci Qatipi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Genci Qatipi managed to avoid a goal in the 56thth minute, when Ilulea FC's Bantry Gollogley fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 58 minutes into the game, Ilulea FC's Teofilo Quirze nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Genci Qatipi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. When Erald Bauta came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Mali i Thatë FC 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 Erald Bauta couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Mali i Thatë FC's Nafiz Karapici got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 64 minutes into the game, Bantry Gollogley cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Genci Qatipi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bantry Gollogley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bantry Gollogley might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Genci Qatipi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bantry Gollogley ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet as Ilulea FC's Saturnino Ezkerra slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Genci Qatipi. That made the score 0-7 after 75 minutes of play. Ilulea FC's Angelino Mederi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Indrit Surroi in the 78th minute of play. Genci Qatipi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnulfo Eguntsenti in the 89th minute of play. Genci Qatipi was a little too slow when Bantry Gollogley got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 0-9. Ilulea FC played a much better game than Mali i Thatë FC and deserved their victory. The Mali i Thatë FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.