The top level of the Women’s National Basketball Championship, the First Category, has continued its journey of the title playoffs, as on Monday in Shkodra and on Tuesday in the capital, the second leg matches of the semifinals were played. Thus, after winning the first duel at home against Vllaznia, Flamurtari continued to win, with a score of 58-40, in the match held on Monday at the “Qazim Dervishi” Sports Palace in Shkodra, and managed to close the issue of advancing to the final in two matches.

Meanwhile, in the other duel, Tirana had lost by just two points the first match at home against Partizani, but continued to win in the same manner in the return match played on Tuesday evening. In the match held in the main hall of the “Asllan Rusi” Sports Palace in the capital and brought to sports fans live by the Albanian Radio-Television Network, on channel RTSH 3, and the view of which this chronicle brings us, it was Tirana that started better.

The team coached by Mirza Alibegaj won both the first and second quarters, with just one point advantage, namely 18-17 and 13-12, thus going into halftime leading 31-29. But Partizani emerged as a different team from the dressing rooms, limiting Tirana to just 10 points scored in the 3rd quarter, despite the 18 points scored by the capital’s red and blacks, making Erta Bujari’s team lead after half an hour of play with the score 47-41.

However, Tirana did not give up, as they fought hard in the 4th and final quarter, winning it by 9 points, 20-11, and thus turning everything around, as they won the entire match 61-58. Thus, unlike the first leg, this second leg of the semifinals of the women’s basketball Super League playoffs will require a third match, to be played on Friday evening.

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