Official Cup

Ștefan Cel Mare
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) A collision led to Empire of Soccer getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Chronis Angelis hit a great ball. 5 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Claude Theron came free, but Akheron Harames reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Akheron Harames showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulin Shahini in the 9th minute of the match. Chronis Angelis kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Claude Theron was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 11th minute. FC Partizan Tirana's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 16 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Paulin Shahini came free, but Akheron Harames reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Empire of Soccer's Akheron Harames proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Empire of Soccer from getting a goal against them. In the 21st minute Paulin Shahini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Akheron Harames saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Akheron Harames made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Paulin Shahini sent off a good shot on target. 24 minutes into the match, Laze Lumani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Akheron Harames. Empire of Soccer's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Laze Lumani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Akheron Harames was out of position in the 29 minute of play, and Claude Theron capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Claude Theron really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. After a rather tough play, Empire of Soccer's Troizen Lillis got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Laze Lumani succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 34th playminute. Akheron Harames was a little too slow when Paulin Shahini got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 39th minute. The score was now 4-0. After a rather tough play, FC Partizan Tirana's Claude Theron got a free kick in the 42nd minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Epigonoi Rousses to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Paulin Shahini came free, but Akheron Harames reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Akheron Harames made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davud Salihi in the 59th minute of play. Akheron Harames made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulin Shahini in the 60th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paulin Shahini in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Akheron Harames prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Claude Theron's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Akheron Harames was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. 75 minutes into the game, FC Partizan Tirana's Paulin Shahini nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Akheron Harames made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Kıraç Ak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hektor Kountouroudas in the 80th minute of the match. Akheron Harames made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulin Shahini in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Laze Lumani made a precise shot to the right of Akheron Harames. Empire of Soccer's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. If Claude Theron had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hashim Reçi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Akheron Harames tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Akheron Harames didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paulin Shahini went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. FC Partizan Tirana walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.