Official Cup

Air Albania
Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Franck Gamel started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute Knight Of Dawn were awarded a corner. Celedonio Fonda went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Porfírio Quirino almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Spase Kastrati did a great save. Qiu Yuan Jun's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Spase Kastrati read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Qiu Yuan Jun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Spase Kastrati was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Qiu Yuan Jun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Spase Kastrati tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Svetislav Ristani dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franck Gamel in the 16th minute of play forced Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Denis Urtats to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qiu Yuan Jun's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Spase Kastrati read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by ✩ Pep Team ✩'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Celedonio Fonda was slow to take the kick. During this time Knight Of Dawn's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Porfírio Quirino managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Spase Kastrati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qiu Yuan Jun in the 28th minute of the match. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by ✩ Pep Team ✩'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Celedonio Fonda was slow to take the kick. During this time Knight Of Dawn's players had a chance to rest. Knight Of Dawn's Celedonio Fonda was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Spase Kastrati in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The supporters of ✩ Pep Team ✩ booed when Knight Of Dawn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Porfírio Quirino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Denis Urtats took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franck Gamel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute of the match ✩ Pep Team ✩ got a corner. Knight Of Dawn's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jakov Bundev ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Denis Urtats, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 45 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. Denis Urtats was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The wind increased when Qiu Yuan Jun made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gregorio Caton during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Knight Of Dawn's Gregorio Caton got a free kick in the 50th minute. Knight Of Dawn's Danilo Matro was substituted for Gregorio Caton. The supporters of ✩ Pep Team ✩ booed when Knight Of Dawn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Porfírio Quirino didn't get a good kick on the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Knight Of Dawn's goal looked a bit too open when Franck Gamel came free, but Denis Urtats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66 minutes ✩ Pep Team ✩'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Celedonio Fonda who took care of the corner kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Qiu Yuan Jun got free with Spase Kastrati in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jimmy Hjälm was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. A nice corner shot did that Celedonio Fonda got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Spase Kastrati quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qiu Yuan Jun in the 76th minute of play forced ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qiu Yuan Jun in the 78th minute of play forced ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Spase Kastrati got control of the ball when Qiu Yuan Jun tried to sneak it across the goal line. Qiu Yuan Jun scored 2-1 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Spase Kastrati, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Knight Of Dawn's Qiu Yuan Jun slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Spase Kastrati. That made the score 2-2 after 92 minutes of play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.