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Hodoš Stadium
Spectators: 9249 (Terracing: 6938, Seating: 2127, VIP seats: 184) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tihomir Gornik kicked off to start the match. The supporters of sveti vrh booed when Hodoš was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aleksander Kutnjak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stanko Žak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dennis Beškovnik in the 8th minute of play. Dimitris Papadopulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tihomir Gornik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miodrag Kureš in the 11th minute of play forced Hodoš's goalkeeper Dimitris Papadopulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Simon Mohorčič blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dimitris Papadopulos having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Džan Verdev got free with Stanko Žak in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Will Gatess short, quick shot in the 24thth minute got Stanko Žak to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 28 minutes into the game, Dennis Beškovnik recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stanko Žak. Dennis Beškovnik showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Džan Verdev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Stanko Žak made a huge save. Dennis Beškovnik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanko Žak having to interfere. Will Gates sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Will Gates could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Stanko Žak made a huge save. With a little luck, sveti vrh's Stanko Žak got control of the ball when Džan Verdev tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dimitris Papadopulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miodrag Kureš, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, sveti vrh's Omer Avsenik got a free kick in the 47th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Will Gates to strike the kick off in the second half. Stanko Žak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Džan Verdev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Džan Verdev in the 59th minute of play forced sveti vrh's goalkeeper Stanko Žak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Hodoš's Gliša Šalamun got a free kick in the 64th minute. After recieving a nice pass, sveti vrh's Tihomir Gornik tried to score from far away in the 65th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Stanko Žak stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Džan Verdev's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. 77 minutes into the match, sveti vrh's goal looked a bit too open when Džan Verdev came free, but Stanko Žak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Zdenko Gabrijel fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored sveti vrh's protests and gave Zdenko Gabrijel a yellow card for diving instead. In the 78th minute, Zdenko Gabrijel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stanko Žak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dennis Beškovnik in the 84th minute of play. Stanko Žak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Džan Verdev in the 86th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Dennis Beškovnik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stanko Žak was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. 92 minutes into the match, sveti vrh's goal looked a bit too open when Will Gates came free, but Stanko Žak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Hodoš fully deserved thier win.