Official Cup

Air Albania
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Olcay Bozkurt made the kick off and thus started the match. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 6th minute, but Alexandros Iordanidis got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving RO Army V55 hanging dry this time. Spase Kastrati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olcay Bozkurt in the 8th minute of play. Gustavo Mourato kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's Vinícius Junior sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Spase Kastrati narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of ✩ Pep Team ✩ booed when RO Army V55 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thanasis Kolevas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Spase Kastrati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vinícius Junior in the 17th minute of the match. A collision led to ✩ Pep Team ✩ getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Gustavo Mourato hit a great ball. If Jiang Nan Song had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanasis Kolevas hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Jiang Nan Song fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexandros Iordanidis having to interfere. In the 34th minute Olcay Bozkurt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Spase Kastrati saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Olcay Bozkurt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Spase Kastrati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Spase Kastrati played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vinícius Junior in the 38th minute of play. Olcay Bozkurt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Spase Kastrati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Sultan-Mehmet Khan made a precise shot to the right of Alexandros Iordanidis. RO Army V55's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sultan-Mehmet Khan to strike the kick off in the second half. Spase Kastrati made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Giorgos Kalantas sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, RO Army V55's Zachariasz Domalik got a free kick in the 55th minute. After a rather tough play, RO Army V55's Zachariasz Domalik got a free kick in the 56th minute. If Sultan-Mehmet Khan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 58th minute of play forced RO Army V55's goalkeeper Alexandros Iordanidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edgardo Ugutz got free with Spase Kastrati in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, RO Army V55's Zachariasz Domalik got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 73rd minute of the match Jiang Nan Song shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alexandros Iordanidis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Alexandros Iordanidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 76th minute of play. ✩ Pep Team ✩ were awarded a corner in the 79th minute after RO Army V55's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gustavo Mourato took the corner. The corner led ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Gustavo Mourato to fire away a dangerous shot which Alexandros Iordanidis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Xu Wei Mo charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xu Wei Mo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 87 minutes of play, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Sultan-Mehmet Khan made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alexandros Iordanidis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Franck Gamel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alexandros Iordanidis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. 93 minutes had been played when some careless play by RO Army V55's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Mourato was slow to take the kick. During this time ✩ Pep Team ✩'s players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of RO Army V55's goalie and right to Eurico Dias. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. RO Army V55's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. ✩ Pep Team ✩ had won after a very even match.