League

Veržej
Spectators: 8052 (Terracing: 6040, Seating: 1852, VIP seats: 160) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emir Hmelak took the kick off in the first half of the match. Kenan Peternelj scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ismail Papež, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Emir Hmelak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emir Hmelak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Ismail Papež tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kenan Peternelj sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Emir Hmelak might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ismail Papež. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emir Hmelak ran back to his position shaking his head. Ismail Papež took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kenan Peternelj, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emir Hmelak might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ismail Papež. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emir Hmelak ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 32ndth minute of the game Luban Bavčar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but StrazaTeam's Ismail Papež was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luban Bavčar charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luban Bavčar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luban Bavčar kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 40th minute Kenan Peternelj 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lev Mihić in the 43rd minute of play forced Metlika's goalkeeper Negovan Mihić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kenan Peternelj sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 48th match minute, StrazaTeam was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniele Kutoša to maneuver through the defense. Amir Koler was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 49th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Negovan Mihić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aljaž Bovcon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ismail Papež showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emir Hmelak in the 63rd minute of the match. Ćazim Kovič kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. When StrazaTeam's Lev Mihić in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Metlika's goalie prevented a goal. Ismail Papež didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Metlika's Emir Hmelak shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. When Emir Hmelak came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Metlika 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 Emir Hmelak couldn't finish the play. If Kenan Peternelj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Metlika booed when StrazaTeam was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Suljo Vrbinc didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle sounded Metlika left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than StrazaTeam.