Skënderbeu drew 1-1 with Tirana, in the opening match of the fourth week of the Abyssnet Superiore, with great dissatisfaction for referee Andi Koçi. The Whites recovered the score and perhaps could have won the match with a little luck, but what brought the technician Julian Ahmataj out of his calm was the way of refereeing, according to him with a clear tendency from the referee from Durrës, where the highlight was a missed penalty.
Skënderbeu's great pressure to score on Bekaj's goal in the second half was met with Tirana's tight defense. At one point, Ndong stopped Bismark's shot attempt with his hand, but Koçi assessed that the Tirana player was too close to the action, considering the intervention involuntary. However, the hand is open and the contact prevents a conclusion towards the goal.
After the match, Ahamtaj did not hesitate to express his point of view, subtly stirring up controversy: "I think we are still missing a penalty, which is a handball. To protest, we protest with others. It happened to us with Dinamo, and here too. When the penalties come out, they are analyzed, they are for us. Should we protest, make a fuss? I don't have this character, to scream or shout, but those who make the decisions... In four weeks there are 2 that have happened cleanly".
Skënderbeu, in fact, was irritated from the start with referee Koçi, who immediately awarded a penalty for Tirana, after an interference by Seidu against Vogli. If the Korçars did not find themselves at a disadvantage in the 4th minute, it was thanks to the VAR that called the referee for review, after which he canceled his decision. Even in the 78th minute, Koçi assessed Colley's interference against Velickovski only as a yellow card, while the correction came again from the VAR call, which brought the immediate exclusion as the last player of the white-and-blue center-back.
