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Putniković
Spectators: 7783 (Terracing: 5838, Seating: 1790, VIP seats: 155) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Erik Šeks made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Slavonac's Petrica Grbić got a free kick in the 7th minute. Tvrtko Hercigonja, 8 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Šeks in the 18th minute of play forced NK Blato's goalkeeper Lucijan Kardum to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slavonac's Radimir Lukić suffered a sprained foot after 18 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 18 minutes into the game, Simon Akrap was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. NK Blato's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Slavonac the free kick. Simon Akrap hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Simon Akrap was shown his second yellow card after 21 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to NK Blato getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Simon Akrap hit a great ball. Mišo Glamočanin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 22nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lucijan Kardum. NK Blato's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Petrica Grbić came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Slavonac 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 Petrica Grbić couldn't finish the play. When Ilko Šeler came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Slavonac 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 Ilko Šeler couldn't finish the play. Petrica Grbić's late challenge caught a NK Blato's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Petrica Grbić helped the player get up and apologised. If Donat Palihnić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Borna Vugec sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 40th minute, Erik Šeks got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ilko Šeler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Lucijan Kardum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Goran Diaz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 45 minutes into the match, NK Blato's goal looked a bit too open when Ilko Šeler came free, but Lucijan Kardum reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 47 minutes, Ilko Šeler managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Slavonac's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ilko Šeler was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Donat Palihnić stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ilko Šeler fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucijan Kardum having to interfere. Slavonac's Erik Šeks got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ilko Šeler could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Lucijan Kardum made a huge save. 60 minutes into the game, Erik Šeks cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Lucijan Kardum was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ilko Šeler could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Lucijan Kardum made a huge save. With his leg Lucijan Kardum managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when Slavonac's Ilko Šeler fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Erik Šeks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ilko Šeler's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lucijan Kardum read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ilko Šeler got free with Lucijan Kardum in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 79 played minutes Slavonac got a freekick which was hit by Mišo Glamočanin. NK Blato's Tvrtko Hercigonja couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 80th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Slavonac. Donat Palihnić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dražen Meštrović having to interfere. Dražen Meštrović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donat Palihnić in the 88th minute of play. Ilko Šeler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lucijan Kardum didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ilko Šeler went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Slavonac's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.