Official Cup

Shymkent Arena
Spectators: 197 (Terracing: 149, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Demyan Silkin made the kick off which started today's match. Ivan Merkushev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Meleq Tare in the 6th minute of the match. Elion Fazliu kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Eneid Ilo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivan Merkushev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes into the game, Mali i Thatë FC's Eneid Ilo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ivan Merkushev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 18th minute, Meleq Tare 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. Meleq Tare took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ivan Merkushev. Ivan Merkushev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Shymkent Camels's Ivan Merkushev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Meleq Tare in the 22nd minute of play. Arseniy Melnikov hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the game, Mali i Thatë FC's Meleq Tare nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ivan Merkushev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Eneid Ilo scored 0-4 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ivan Merkushev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 36th minute, Lirim Osja made a precise shot to the right of Ivan Merkushev. Shymkent Camels's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. 44 minutes into the game, Mali i Thatë FC's Lirim Osja nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ivan Merkushev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After a rather tough play, Shymkent Camels's Aleksey Favorskiy got a free kick in the 50th minute. Ivan Merkushev acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 52nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Erald Bauta. 55 minutes into the game, Aldo Peshkatari cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Ivan Merkushev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With an all-out effort, Mali i Thatë FC's Ivan Merkushev threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Eneid Ilo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ivan Merkushev was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eneid Ilo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-9 in the 66 minute of play. Lirim Osjas short, quick shot in the 72ndth minute got Ivan Merkushev to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Eneid Ilo took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ivan Merkushev. Ivan Merkushev dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. When Artem Ilyushin fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Shymkent Camels's protests and gave Artem Ilyushin a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Shymkent Camels's Artem Ilyushin got a free kick in the 84th minute. In the 86th minute, Eneid Ilo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivan Merkushev was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-12. Rustam Chernetsov kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Meleq Tare scored 0-14 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ivan Merkushev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mali i Thatë FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.