U21 League

Qemal Stafa
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Giannis Tzanetos took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 10th minute, Michalis Semos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Paco Cano managed to get in a good position for a shot. K.F TIRANA's supporters rose to their feet, but Paco Cano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Theofanis Marinakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Giannis Tzanetos in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Branden Shelton prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Nikos Kalkavouras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Branden Shelton stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Giannis Tzanetos's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Paco Cano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Theofanis Marinakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of K.F TIRANA booed when ΟΦΗ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fotis Triantafyllopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Avram Iorgulescu notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of ΟΦΗ's Theofanis Marinakis. Theofanis Marinakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Elvis Durollari struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Theofanis Marinakis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for K.F TIRANA. In the 39th minute, Roman Wodaszak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd match minute, K.F TIRANA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paco Cano to maneuver through the defense. Giannis Tzanetos struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Branden Shelton didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ΟΦΗ. After a rather tough play, K.F TIRANA's Endri Caci got a free kick in the 44th minute. Elvis Durollari's late challenge caught a ΟΦΗ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elvis Durollari helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, K.F TIRANA's Elvis Durollari got a free kick in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wincenty Roman to strike the kick off in the second half. Fotis Triantafyllopoulos's late challenge caught a K.F TIRANA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fotis Triantafyllopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 55th minute, Fotis Triantafyllopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ΟΦΗ getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Fanis Kokkinopoulos hit a great ball. In the 57th minute, Paco Cano 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. K.F TIRANA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Avram Iorgulescu in the 60th minute. Avram Iorgulescu made a great header on K.F TIRANA's corner, it was just that ΟΦΗ's Theofanis Marinakis managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Elvis Durollari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Theofanis Marinakis was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Theofanis Marinakis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when K.F TIRANA's Paco Cano shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. If Nikos Kalkavouras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute Wincenty Roman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theofanis Marinakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70th minute, Michalis Semos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Theofanis Marinakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wincenty Roman in the 73rd minute of the match. After 75 played minutes ΟΦΗ got a freekick which was hit by Michalis Semos. 79 minutes into the match, ΟΦΗ's goal looked a bit too open when Wincenty Roman came free, but Theofanis Marinakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. K.F TIRANA's Wincenty Roman got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, Giannis Tzanetos put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Branden Shelton. In the 85th minute Michalis Semos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Branden Shelton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. K.F TIRANA's Paco Cano got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Wincenty Roman kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. ΟΦΗ's Theofanis Marinakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paco Cano in the 93rd minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Paco Cano notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of ΟΦΗ's Theofanis Marinakis. Theofanis Marinakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The K.F TIRANA fans cheered their team off the field, for while ΟΦΗ had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.