Official Cup

Glory of Aleksotas
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Aleksotas FK's Tomas Dekanis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Alesandro Nesta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Aleksotas FK's Rolandas Ancikevičius got a free kick in the 10th minute. Ramūnas Morkūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehmet Halis Ergün in the 11th minute of the match. When Nojus Peleckas came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Aleksotas FK 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 Nojus Peleckas couldn't finish the play. In the 17th match minute, Aleksotas FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentas Čebatorius to maneuver through the defense. During the 20th minute of the match Valentas Čebatorius completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Valentas Čebatorius a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 22nd minute, Valentas Čebatorius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 24 minutes into the match, Aleksotas FK's goal looked a bit too open when Fation Bekollari came free, but Ramūnas Morkūnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute, Rolandas Ancikevičius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 28th minute, Arnoldas Nagys hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29th minute, Besart Pango hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 33 minutes of play, A.K.Sh Albania's Mehmet Halis Ergün made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ramūnas Morkūnas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 38th minute, Mehmet Halis Ergün 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. In the 43rd minute, Mehmet Halis Ergün 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. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Fation Bekollari recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mehmet Halis Ergün sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Besart Pango might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ramūnas Morkūnas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Besart Pango ran back to his position shaking his head. 68 minutes into the match, A.K.Sh Albania's Besart Pango sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ramūnas Morkūnas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ramūnas Morkūnas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mehmet Halis Ergün went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 79th minute, Besart Pango hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mehmet Halis Ergün in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ramūnas Morkūnas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the Aleksotas FK defense, Mehmet Halis Ergün kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ramūnas Morkūnas. The Aleksotas FK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ramūnas Morkūnas should have stopped the shot. Besart Pango fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 92nd minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. When the match was over A.K.Sh Albania could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Aleksotas FK throughout the match.