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RENEAS HERMIS
Spectators: 5523 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 23) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sander Allamani got the match started through his kick off. If Sander Allamani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. David Milo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Lindi Haxhiaj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. David Milo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Sander Allamani came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Strum 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 Sander Allamani couldn't finish the play. In the 15th minute David Milo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lindi Haxhiaj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sander Allamani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lindi Haxhiaj having to interfere. Florian Bakalli charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Florian Bakalli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to HERMES getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Florian Bakalli hit a great ball. David Milo struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Lindi Haxhiaj didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Strum. Lindi Haxhiaj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sander Allamani, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Belul Hamzaj recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 37th minute, Florian Bakalli 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. A collision led to Strum getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Imer Vrapi hit a great ball. Lindi Haxhiaj didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sander Allamani went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Sander Allamani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sander Allamani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half Strum were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The audience thought a goal was coming when David Milo got free with Lindi Haxhiaj in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lindi Haxhiaj was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Sander Allamani capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sander Allamani really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. 69 minutes in the game, Sander Allamani fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Lindi Haxhiaj having to interfere. After 71 minutes, Davud Hysi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the HERMES and the Strum players grew even worse after the yellow card. 70 minutes into the game, one of HERMES:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Sander Allamani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Sander Allamani came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Strum 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 Sander Allamani couldn't finish the play. Sander Allamani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Lindi Haxhiaj tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 92 played minutes HERMES got a freekick which was hit by Florian Bakalli. HERMES's Lindi Haxhiaj played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sander Allamani in the 94th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, David Milo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Strum's supporters rose to their feet, but David Milo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lindi Haxhiaj breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match was over Strum could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than HERMES throughout the match.