Friendly League

Qemal Stafa
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristoforo De Luca got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rdth minute of the game Tedi Lulo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but K.F TIRANA's Branden Shelton was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. LOS BLANCOS's Everardo Mingo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save LOS BLANCOS from getting a goal against them. In the 12th minute, Cristoforo De Luca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ervis Bajraktari took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 13th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Branden Shelton. K.F TIRANA's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Everardo Mingo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristoforo De Luca in the 15th minute of the match. Tedi Lulo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Branden Shelton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the match, K.F TIRANA's goal looked a bit too open when Tedi Lulo came free, but Branden Shelton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paco Canos short, quick shot in the 20thth minute got Everardo Mingo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 23rd minute Cristoforo De Luca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Everardo Mingo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Branden Shelton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tedi Lulo in the 27th minute of the match. Tedi Lulo scored 0-1 in the 29th 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 some careless play in the K.F TIRANA defense, Tedi Lulo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Branden Shelton. The K.F TIRANA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Branden Shelton should have stopped the shot. Memush Myslimi kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Branden Shelton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deng Kun Xu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Deng Kun Xu to strike the kick off in the second half. Deng Kun Xu'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 51st minute of play. In the 52nd minute LOS BLANCOS were awarded a corner. Ervis Bajraktari went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Cano in the 54th minute of play forced LOS BLANCOS's goalkeeper Everardo Mingo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jani Hamzallari during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 57th minute, Jani Hamzallari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paco Cano hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, LOS BLANCOS's Jani Hamzallari got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Everardo Mingo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paco Cano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Everardo Mingo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nevjon Rexhepi in the 66th minute of play. Paco Cano hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. K.F TIRANA's Abdullah Hasanoğlu suffered a fractured collar bone after 70 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Jani Hamzallari was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 70 minutes had been played. K.F TIRANA made a substitution. Kozma Poci replaced Abdullah Hasanoğlu. 73 minutes into the game, Paco Cano cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Everardo Mingo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. LOS BLANCOS's Everardo Mingo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paco Cano in the 75th minute of play. The supporters of K.F TIRANA booed when LOS BLANCOS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gëzim Hamzaj didn't get a good kick on the ball. 84 minutes into the game, Gëzim Hamzaj was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LOS BLANCOS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave K.F TIRANA the free kick. A collision led to LOS BLANCOS getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Gëzim Hamzaj hit a great ball. If Cristoforo De Luca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Deng Kun Xu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 88thth minute tested the skills of Branden Shelton when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 89 played minutes K.F TIRANA got a freekick which was hit by Kozma Poci. In the 91st minute, Cássio Ferreira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The LOS BLANCOS players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.