Official Cup

Qemal Stafa
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jashar Pogradecari made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Liechtenstein City booed when K.F TIRANA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kozma Kurti didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th play minute Vionis Spahiu came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Florian Bürzle. 1-0. Vionis Spahiu in the 10thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Florian Bürzle, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Halid Zade kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th minute of the match Seyhan Brunner sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Erzen Sadikllari skillfully saved the ball. Vionis Spahiu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Florian Bürzle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Michele Nutsch's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Erzen Sadikllari read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. In the 19th minute Gazmend Idrizi suffered a knee injury and had to be helped off the field. Michele Nutsch'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. Michele Nutsch helped the player get up and apologised. K.F TIRANA made a substitution. Argetim Starova replaced Gazmend Idrizi. Erzen Sadikllari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven-John Telic, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Florian Bürzle stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jashar Pogradecari's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. Erzen Sadikllari showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven-John Telic, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Sven-John Telic received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Erzen Sadikllari tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vionis Spahiu came free with the goalkeeper in the 40th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Florian Bürzle could save by the left post. Erzen Sadikllari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raphael Alabor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Michele Nutsch made the kick off in the second half. Jashar Pogradecari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florian Bürzle having to interfere. In the 54thth minute of the game Vionis Spahiu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Liechtenstein City's Florian Bürzle was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 55 minutes into the game, Rossario Schlegel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Liechtenstein City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave K.F TIRANA the free kick. Rossario Schlegel kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th minute Vionis Spahiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Bürzle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Halid Zade was shown his second yellow card after 60 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to K.F TIRANA getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Halid Zade hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Liechtenstein City's Rossario Schlegel got a free kick in the 65th minute. Florian Bürzle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jashar Pogradecari in the 69th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the match, K.F TIRANA's Jashar Pogradecari sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Florian Bürzle narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Jashar Pogradecari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Florian Bürzle didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mirjan Qosja went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 81st minute, Sam Bürzle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 82nd minute, Jashar Pogradecari left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The K.F TIRANA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Mirjan Qosja fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florian Bürzle having to interfere. Florian Bürzle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jashar Pogradecari in the 95th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the K.F TIRANA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.