League

Melksham Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Maksim Lazarevski kicked off to start the match. Halid Mrvaljević stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maksim Lazarevski's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. When Luiđi Raičević came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the El Pibe Academy 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 Luiđi Raičević couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Maksim Lazarevski sped through Melksham AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Halid Mrvaljević. Halid Mrvaljević showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jovan Markićević in the 22nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Melksham AFC defense, Maksim Lazarevski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Halid Mrvaljević. The Melksham AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Halid Mrvaljević should have stopped the shot. Melksham AFC's Halid Mrvaljević played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogić Tabaković in the 26th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Lazarevski in the 27th minute of play forced Melksham AFC's goalkeeper Halid Mrvaljević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Halid Mrvaljević made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogić Tabaković in the 28th minute of play. Fado Pantić charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fado Pantić the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 29 played minutes Melksham AFC got a freekick which was hit by Fado Pantić. 30 minutes into the match, Jovan Markićević had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Halid Mrvaljević. Melksham AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jovan Markićević was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. The supporters of El Pibe Academy booed when Melksham AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Veselin Šojić didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34th minute of the match Kosta Tomčić shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Halid Mrvaljević showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 38th minute, Maksim Lazarevski 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. 39 minutes into the match, Melksham AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Bogić Tabaković came free, but Halid Mrvaljević reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Lazarevski in the 41st minute of play forced Melksham AFC's goalkeeper Halid Mrvaljević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vidosav Komatina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Halid Mrvaljević having to interfere. Halid Mrvaljević didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bogić Tabaković went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. The Melksham AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. El Pibe Academy were winning 0-7.

When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 0-8 when Maksim Lazarevski sped through Melksham AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Halid Mrvaljević. Maksim Lazarevski had several of the Melksham AFC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 62 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-10 score and a disappointed Halid Mrvaljević as he didn't even see the shot coming. Maksim Lazarevski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Halid Mrvaljević made a huge save. When the match clock showed 66 minutes, the score became 0-11 when Maksim Lazarevski sped through Melksham AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Halid Mrvaljević. Halid Mrvaljević made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maksim Lazarevski in the 69th minute. Halid Mrvaljević didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bogić Tabaković went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-12 was the resulting score. In the 77th minute, Maksim Lazarevski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Halid Mrvaljević was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-14. 82 minutes into the match, Melksham AFC's goalkeeper Halid Mrvaljević had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maksim Lazarevski. Halid Mrvaljević came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by El Pibe Academy's Aljoša Kankaraš. But to his dismay, Aljoša Kankaraš quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-15. Halid Mrvaljević made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Maksim Lazarevski sent off a good shot on target. 86 minutes into the match, El Pibe Academy's Bogić Tabaković sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Halid Mrvaljević narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Maksim Lazarevski took a quick shot and it went in 0-16 without a chance for Halid Mrvaljević to make any attempt to save it. After having played for 94 minutes, Jozo Popara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Pibe Academy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jozo Popara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 97 minutes into the match, Melksham AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Jovan Markićević came free, but Halid Mrvaljević reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match was over El Pibe Academy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Melksham AFC throughout the match.