The Ball Narratives
Different stories and event from the Football and world of sports.
Story of Champions without similarity to each other!
The Illyrian Trap | Eliminated in the mud of Tirana: A forgotten 0-0 Illyrian “victory” ...
Albania vs West Germany 0-0 “Die Schmach von Tirana” (The Disgrace of Tirana) The Prologue In the grand theatre of ...When Apolonia wrote its name in the history of Albanian Football by defeating “17 Nentori” ...
These are rare and incredible stories in football! Different events without any similarity to each other. It is the National ...When “17 Nentori” drew against “Ajax” of Amsterdam in 1970!
Unbelievable truths in Football! Intro September 17, 1970. “17 Nentori” plays for the first round of the European Champions Cup ...Feyenoord–FK Partizan Albania, the match involving Artur Lekbello and Klootwijk, remains a life lesson in ...
What stuck with me most from that match? The goalkeeper: Artur Lekbello. It was as if he had been plucked ...Photo of the day | Goalkeeper Janku in a spectacular intervention…
It is May 2, 1965. In Geneva at the “Stade des Charmilles”, there are: 24,108 spectators at the qualifying match ...Ahmet Shqarri and “From one match to another”, the historic Albanian sports show!
“Nga njera ndeshje ne tjetren” (From one match to another)! 1. It is October 1, 1986! A historic date and ...The Second Discovery of America!
For Pedro Arispe, homeland meant nothing. It was the place where he was born, which meant nothing to him because ...History Through Photos (4th Part)!
This is the section of this page titled “History through Photos” under the cover of Arian Muraj, started in March ...The Olympic Drama | The story of Dorado Pietri and his marathon!
The most dramatic, horrific and important marathon in history took place in London on July 24, 1908. That hot day, ...Basketball Retro Moments | The Battle of Limoges `83!
Intro! “Basketball was tougher. Against Yugoslavia, Sacchetti grabbed their point guard by the ear, Kicanovic kicked me in the groin, ...History Through Photos (3rd Part)!
This is the section of this page titled “History through Photos” under the cover of Arian Muraj, started in March ...The Greatest save of all the time from goalkeeper…
It`s called the Save of the Century! This is how it was judged by one of the two very authoritative ...Vllaznia`s Poker | 4-0 against the strong “17 Nentori” of the 80-ties!
Prologue! Vllaznia and 17 Nentori (SK Tirana), are the “pioneers” of football, a beautiful and early duel, perhaps the earliest ...1967 | The Battle of Montevideo between Racing and Celtic!
Different stories from the International Cup! (today: FIFA Club World Cup) ‘World triumph in three games. The achievement of Racing, ...1982 in Tokyo, when Penarol reached its peak as World Club Cup winners over Aston ...
Prologue! It is June 2025, and we are in the atmosphere of the development of a new event, as far ...The unique case of Pele’s debut!
To stimulate the curiosity of our readers we have formulated the question as follows: Has it ever happened in football ...The “La Paz” Team Air Tragedy in Bolivia!
It is the evening of September 26, 1969, twenty years and a few weeks have passed since the disaster that ...Shocking World Cup Moments | Korea’s victory over Italy in 1966 and the other side ...
Prologue! There are many reasons why football has grown to become the most popular sport in the world. The simplicity ...History through Photos (2nd Part)!
This is the section of this page titled “History through Photos” under the cover of Arian Muraj, started in March ...Madjer’s heel like the heel of the Trojan hero, Achilles!
Prologue! On a fateful May night in 1987, Rabah Madjer etched his name in football history with a breathtaking backheel ...
