Friendly League

Qemal Stafa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Cristoforo De Luca started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Lucio Claus left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eagle FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Lucio Claus's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Branden Shelton read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. Ymer Memelli kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Eagle FC's Cătălin Gârniceanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paco Cano in the 27th minute of play. Cătălin Gârniceanu made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Jorald Lazaj sent off a good shot on target. In the 35th minute Vegard Helmersen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cătălin Gârniceanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zamir Osja kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, K.F TIRANA's goal looked a bit too open when Lucio Claus came free, but Branden Shelton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, Lucio Claus had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Branden Shelton. K.F TIRANA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucio Claus was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Lucio Claus scored 1-3 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Branden Shelton, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Eagle FC were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lucio Claus made a kick off. Branden Shelton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucio Claus in the 51st minute of play. Branden Shelton had great luck who in the 53rdth minute grab hold of the ball when Lucio Claus from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Eagle FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arenc Tefa in the 54th minute. A nice corner shot did that Arenc Tefa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Branden Shelton quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 57 played minutes Eagle FC got a freekick which was hit by Lucio Claus. 60 minutes into the match, Eagle FC's goal looked a bit too open when Paco Cano came free, but Cătălin Gârniceanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Ekrem Tapa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eagle FC's Cătălin Gârniceanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristoforo De Luca in the 70th minute of play. Cătălin Gârniceanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristoforo De Luca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Branden Shelton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucio Claus in the 82nd minute of the match. When Ekrem Tapa came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Eagle FC 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 Ekrem Tapa couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Cano in the 85th minute of play forced Eagle FC's goalkeeper Cătălin Gârniceanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Eagle FC booed when K.F TIRANA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Wodaszak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roman Wodaszak kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 91st minute, Arenc Tefa 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 94th minute, Lucio Claus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Branden Shelton was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Eagle FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.