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Stadiumi Besëlidhja
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Al Cordova started the match with the kick off. Dennis Lamb blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Diego Rector having to make a save. Moises Cotton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Rex Strickland tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 15th minute Al Cordova shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rex Strickland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Besëlidhja Lezhë's Rex Strickland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Moises Cotton in the 18th minute of play. If Moises Cotton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dennis Lamb received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Diego Rector tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moises Cotton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rex Strickland having to interfere. After 39 minutes of play, Boulder City AFC's Al Cordova made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rex Strickland was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Dennis Lamb came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Besëlidhja Lezhë 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 Dennis Lamb couldn't finish the play. The Besëlidhja Lezhë players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Boulder City AFC were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dennis Lamb to make the kick off. Dennis Lamb struck a weak shot in the 52nd minute. Diego Rector didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Besëlidhja Lezhë. Saul Frederick received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Diego Rector tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dean Church's late challenge caught a Boulder City AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dean Church helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Boulder City AFC booed when Besëlidhja Lezhë was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dean Church didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Besëlidhja Lezhë booed when Boulder City AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Al Cordova didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Saul Frederick came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Besëlidhja Lezhë 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 Saul Frederick couldn't finish the play. 80 minutes into the game, Besëlidhja Lezhë's Dennis Lamb nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Diego Rector made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 89th minute, Saul Frederick left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Besëlidhja Lezhë fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Diego Rector showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dennis Lamb in the 94th minute of the match. Joaquin Landrum kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Jeff Christian's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Diego Rector - 3-1 was put on the score board in the 97th minute. Boulder City AFC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.