Challenge

Qemal Stafa
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tomas Illescas made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Jonathan Venegas hit a great ball. Jonas Arvidsson kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. In the last second Jonathan Ferrant throw himself and got hold of the ball when Cristoforo De Luca in the 13thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd minute, Tomas Illescas 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. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. 35 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Branden Shelton narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Venezuela's Jonathan Venegas got a free kick in the 37th minute. Salvador Gisbert kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Branden Shelton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 43rd minute of play. Nevjon Rexhepi hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristoforo De Luca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cristoforo De Luca to strike the kick off in the second half. K.F TIRANA's defense didn't have a chance, in the 54th minute, when Tomas Illescas scored to the left of an out of position Branden Shelton, making the score, 0-1. A collision led to K.F TIRANA getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Nevjon Rexhepi hit a great ball. The throw-in from Salvador Gisbert in the 59th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by K.F TIRANA's Nevjon Rexhepi. Wincenty Roman's late challenge caught a Venezuela's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wincenty Roman helped the player get up and apologised. After 60 played minutes K.F TIRANA got a freekick which was hit by Wincenty Roman. K.F TIRANA's Branden Shelton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save K.F TIRANA from getting a goal against them. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Venezuela 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 Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. 68 minutes in the game, Tomas Illescas fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Branden Shelton having to interfere. After 72 minutes, Nevjon Rexhepi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the K.F TIRANA and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nevjon Rexhepi kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. K.F TIRANA's Branden Shelton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 75th minute of play. Salvador Gisbert made in the 76th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by K.F TIRANA's Nevjon Rexhepi. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Branden Shelton having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Salvador Gisbert in the 86th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by K.F TIRANA's Nevjon Rexhepi. A collision led to K.F TIRANA getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Mao Zhen Xing hit a great ball. The throw-in from Nevjon Rexhepi in the 91st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Venezuela's Camilo Gaos. Tomas Illescas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Venezuela were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.