Prized/Friendly Cup

Qemal Stafa
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Wincenty Roman kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the game, Engjëll Duro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. K.F TIRANA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ꜰᴄ ꜱᴄʜᴇʟʟᴇɴʙᴇʀɢ the free kick. In the 5th match minute, K.F TIRANA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Engjëll Duro to maneuver through the defense. Branden Shelton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernst Cakir, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ernst Cakir in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Branden Shelton saved K.F TIRANA from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ernst Cakir in the 20th 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. In the 24th minute, Luca Tobler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as K.F TIRANA's Paco Cano slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Herbert Good. That made the score 1-0 after 25 minutes of play. Eddy Moser hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ernst Cakir in the 38th 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. After some careless play in the K.F TIRANA defense, Ernst Cakir kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Branden Shelton. The K.F TIRANA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Branden Shelton should have stopped the shot. After 44 played minutes K.F TIRANA got a freekick which was hit by Endri Caci.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernst Cakir got free with Branden Shelton in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. K.F TIRANA's Branden Shelton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save K.F TIRANA from getting a goal against them. When Enkelejd Dervishi fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored K.F TIRANA's protests and gave Enkelejd Dervishi a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to K.F TIRANA getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Enkelejd Dervishi hit a great ball. With his leg Branden Shelton managed to avoid a goal in the 60thth minute, when ꜰᴄ ꜱᴄʜᴇʟʟᴇɴʙᴇʀɢ's Ernst Cakir fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Erzen Sadikllari kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. When the match clock showed 68 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Ernst Cakir sped through K.F TIRANA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Branden Shelton. Dominik Ritter'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. Dominik Ritter helped the player get up and apologised. Dominik Ritter kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, Paco Cano notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of ꜰᴄ ꜱᴄʜᴇʟʟᴇɴʙᴇʀɢ's Herbert Good. Herbert Good was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, K.F TIRANA's Roman Wodaszak got a free kick in the 88th minute. Branden Shelton made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Noah Amadeo Rahel sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Ernst Cakir's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Branden Shelton was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. The ꜰᴄ ꜱᴄʜᴇʟʟᴇɴʙᴇʀɢ players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.