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Marija Bistrica Aren
Spectators: 7956 (Terracing: 5978, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 145) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vladimir Delić made the kick off which started today's match. When Jure Salaj came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the NK SAVA Strmec 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 Jure Salaj couldn't finish the play. Zvonimir Kulišić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jure Salaj in the 8th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krešo Švaljek in the 14th minute of play forced apocalypse's goalkeeper Zvonimir Kulišić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Krešo Švaljek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zvonimir Kulišić was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. After 19 minutes, Vladimir Delić mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the apocalypse and the NK SAVA Strmec players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, apocalypse's Vladimir Delić got a free kick in the 19th minute. Mato Buhač charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mato Buhač the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 23rd minute, Mato Buhač hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jure Salaj received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Zvonimir Kulišić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. apocalypse's Vladimir Delić quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tonči Purić, made in the 33rd minute of the game. Vladimir Delić could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Roman Tuna made a huge save. 43 minutes into the match, apocalypse's goal looked a bit too open when Krešo Švaljek came free, but Zvonimir Kulišić reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute, Vladimir Delić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Gustav Jerčić came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the apocalypse 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 Gustav Jerčić couldn't finish the play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Krešo Švaljek was the one to do the kick off. apocalypse's Zvonimir Kulišić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save apocalypse from getting a goal against them. In the 58th minute, Krešo Švaljek made a precise shot to the right of Zvonimir Kulišić. apocalypse's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in NK SAVA Strmec's zone, Antonio Brcina stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roman Tuna came out of the goal and Antonio Brcina tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vladimir Delić kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Jura Karuza sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and apocalypse's Zvonimir Kulišić didn't even have to move. Gojko Mikas kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radoslav Horijanec in the 75th minute of play forced NK SAVA Strmec's goalkeeper Roman Tuna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustav Jerčić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Roman Tuna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Krešo Švaljek hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jure Salaj got free with Zvonimir Kulišić in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vladimir Delić struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Roman Tuna didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for apocalypse. After 87 minutes of play, apocalypse's Vladimir Delić made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roman Tuna was left in no man's land by his defense there!