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Veržej
Spectators: 7970 (Terracing: 5979, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 158) Bore Vukićević started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aljaž Bovcon got free with Tomislav Prevoršek in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Grad's Avrelio Burjak got a free kick in the 9th minute. If Lev Mihić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Lev Mihić kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tomislav Prevoršek. That made the score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. After having played for 18 minutes, Otmar Rovtar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Grad's supporters crossed their fingers, but Otmar Rovtar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 19 minutes into the match, Bore Vukićević had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ismail Papež. StrazaTeam's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bore Vukićević was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Ismail Papež showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otmar Rovtar, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. StrazaTeam's Ismail Papež played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bore Vukićević in the 24th minute of play. Vanja Čepon was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 32nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 36th minute Bore Vukićević shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismail Papež saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aljaž Bovcon got free with Tomislav Prevoršek in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 46th minute, Bore Vukićević ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ismail Papež was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lev Mihić to strike the kick off in the second half. Tomislav Prevoršek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lev Mihić in the 52nd minute of play. Lev Mihić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomislav Prevoršek having to interfere. Thanks to some nice moves Otmar Rovtar could shoot a difficult shot in the 57th minute, which Ismail Papež however easily saved by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lev Mihić in the 60th minute of play forced Grad's goalkeeper Tomislav Prevoršek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismail Papež didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Otmar Rovtar went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Lev Mihić managed to get in a good position for a shot. StrazaTeam's supporters rose to their feet, but Lev Mihić was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tomislav Prevoršek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 68 minutes into the game, Bore Vukićević recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ismail Papež. Bore Vukićević showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Avrelio Burjak during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Avrelio Burjak was shown his second yellow card after 79 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Avrelio Burjak hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lev Mihić in the 81st minute of play forced Grad's goalkeeper Tomislav Prevoršek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grad's Tomislav Prevoršek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lev Mihić in the 82nd minute of play. Vitan Bremšes short, quick shot in the 87thth minute got Ismail Papež to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Suljo Vrbinc struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Tomislav Prevoršek didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for StrazaTeam. If Lev Mihić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Grad getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Djordjo Peterca hit a great ball.