League

Stadion JNA
Spectators: 10792 (Terracing: 8095, Seating: 2482, VIP seats: 215) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Djordje Mironovski started the match with the kick off. FC Sheriff's Lorik Cana got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Goce Tasevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arben Naumoski hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Svetozar Čupič took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Goce Tasevski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th match minute, FireFighter-Skopje was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lefter Hasani to maneuver through the defense. Svetozar Čupič took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boris Hristov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st minute of the match FC Sheriff got a corner. FireFighter-Skopje's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sreten Spasenov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Boris Hristov scored 0-1 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Svetozar Čupič, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 34 played minutes FireFighter-Skopje got a freekick which was hit by Bergin Spasovski. In the 42nd minute Boris Hristov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Svetozar Čupič saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Svetozar Čupič showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boris Hristov in the 44th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boris Hristov in the 46th minute of play forced FireFighter-Skopje's goalkeeper Svetozar Čupič to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

FireFighter-Skopje's Svetozar Čupič proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save FireFighter-Skopje from getting a goal against them. 53 minutes into the game, Boris Hristov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Svetozar Čupič was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Boris Hristov took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Svetozar Čupič. Svetozar Čupič dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. With his leg Svetozar Čupič managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when FC Sheriff's Boris Hristov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Svetozar Čupič had great luck who in the 67thth minute grab hold of the ball when Enrique Ceresso from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boris Hristov got free with Svetozar Čupič in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71st minute, Goce Tasevski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Svetozar Čupič. The goal made the score 0-4. With a little luck, FireFighter-Skopje's Svetozar Čupič got control of the ball when Boris Hristov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Svetozar Čupič was a little too slow when Goce Tasevski got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 0-5. Svetozar Čupič made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrique Ceresso in the 84th minute of play. With a little luck, FireFighter-Skopje's Svetozar Čupič got control of the ball when Boris Hristov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th minute, Petko Tupurkovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 89th minute, Goce Tasevski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 91 minutes into the game, FC Sheriff's Boris Hristov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Svetozar Čupič made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Vladimir Capixaba managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Sheriff's supporters rose to their feet, but Vladimir Capixaba was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Svetozar Čupič breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. FC Sheriff played a much better game than FireFighter-Skopje and deserved their victory. The FireFighter-Skopje players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.