National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) Albania's Hiqmet Premci started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Albania's Hiqmet Premci ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Evgeniy Buznikin. Evgeniy Buznikin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 10th match minute, Albania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gazi Angjo to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute of the match, Zidan Ronaldo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Evgeniy Buznikin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 15th minute Konstantin Haritonov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fotaq Strakosha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fotaq Strakosha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Egor Simonov in the 18th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hiqmet Premci got free with Evgeniy Buznikin in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fotaq Strakosha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erast Taraskin in the 24th minute of the match. 25 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Russia's Erast Taraskin fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. When Zidan Ronaldo fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Albania's protests and gave Zidan Ronaldo a yellow card for diving instead. In the 26th match minute, Albania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zidan Ronaldo to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Albania's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Matvey Kryuchkov was slow to take the kick. During this time Russia's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Albania's goalie and right to Egor Simonov. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Albania's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Russia's Evgeniy Buznikin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hiqmet Premci in the 31st minute of play. Fotaq Strakosha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantin Haritonov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Russia's Matvey Kryuchkov was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fotaq Strakosha in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Fotaq Strakosha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Haritonov in the 40th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Russia's zone, Zidan Ronaldo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Evgeniy Buznikin came out of the goal and Zidan Ronaldo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 46 minutes into the match, Bardibal Vata had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Evgeniy Buznikin. Russia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bardibal Vata was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Erast Taraskin made the kick off in the second half. When Sidni Gora came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Albania 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 Sidni Gora couldn't finish the play. Russia's Evgeniy Buznikin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hiqmet Premci in the 55th minute of play. After 56 minutes, Sidni Gora mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Albania and the Russia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 56th match minute, Albania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sidni Gora to maneuver through the defense. After 57 minutes, Gazi Angjo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Albania and the Russia players grew even worse after the yellow card. 56 minutes into the game, one of Albania:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Albania:s Fotaq Strakosha showed great skill when he stopped Egor Simonov:s penalty. Evgeniy Buznikin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sidni Gora's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Fotaq Strakosha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Irakliy Pavlov, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Konstantin Haritonov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Fotaq Strakosha made a huge save. Fotaq Strakosha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Egor Simonov, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Matvey Kryuchkov kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. When Hiqmet Premci came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Albania 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 Hiqmet Premci couldn't finish the play. In the 72nd minute Erast Taraskin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fotaq Strakosha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Zidan Ronaldo came free, but Evgeniy Buznikin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 73 minutes of play, Albania's Zidan Ronaldo made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Evgeniy Buznikin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Russia's Evgeniy Buznikin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hiqmet Premci in the 78th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Zidan Ronaldo made a precise shot to the right of Evgeniy Buznikin. Russia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. When Konstantin Haritonov came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Russia 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 Konstantin Haritonov couldn't finish the play. In the 90th minute, Russia's Konstantin Haritonov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fotaq Strakosha. Fotaq Strakosha yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hiqmet Premci in the 95th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Evgeniy Buznikin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 98th minute, Russia's Erast Taraskin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-2. Albania's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.