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Surbiton
Spectators: 6849 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1849, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Radmilo Kankaraš started the match with the kick off. Vidoje Džudović fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gradimir Ranković having to interfere. Rye's Gradimir Ranković played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filip Brkić in the 7th minute of play. Leo Zorić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Surbiton's goalkeeper Vihor Vučković, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Radmilo Kankaraš blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vihor Vučković having to make a save. Vidoje Džudović fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gradimir Ranković having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ðuro Brajušković during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ðuro Brajušković kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. When Radmilo Kankaraš came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Rye 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 Radmilo Kankaraš couldn't finish the play. Filip Brkić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 28 minutes into the game, Stanislav Lalević was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Surbiton's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rye the free kick. The supporters of Rye booed when Surbiton was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stanislav Lalević didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vidoje Džudović sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Milisav Denić's late challenge caught a Surbiton's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Milisav Denić helped the player get up and apologised. Milisav Denić hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Vihor Vučković made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radmilo Kankaraš in the 43rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radmilo Kankaraš in the 46th minute of play forced Surbiton's goalkeeper Vihor Vučković to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Surbiton's Vihor Vučković played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radmilo Kankaraš in the 47th minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Leo Zorić's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 52ndth minute, Vihor Vučković skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 53 minutes, Leo Zorić made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Surbiton's Vihor Vučković tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Surbiton's Vihor Vučković played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radmilo Kankaraš in the 61st minute of play. 66 minutes in the game, Radmilo Kankaraš fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Vihor Vučković having to interfere. In the 68th minute Radmilo Kankaraš shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vihor Vučković saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Surbiton's goal looked a bit too open when Radmilo Kankaraš came free, but Vihor Vučković reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Radmilo Kankaraš received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Vihor Vučković tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Surbiton's Vihor Vučković proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Surbiton from getting a goal against them. 78 minutes into the match, Surbiton's Filip Brkić sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gradimir Ranković narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Surbiton's Vihor Vučković proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Surbiton from getting a goal against them. Vihor Vučković stood somewhat misplaced when Leo Zorić came free in front of goal and shot 0-2 to the left of him in the 85 minute. In the 92nd minute Radmilo Kankaraš shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vihor Vučković saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Surbiton fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Rye were clearly better and deserved to take the win.