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Irig
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Uglješa Bitić started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Cvetko Vasiljević hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Preševo's Cvetko Vasiljević got a free kick in the 6th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Radislav Mirković during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Irig getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Radislav Mirković hit a great ball. Boriša Bukilić kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. In the 13th match minute, Preševo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cvetko Vasiljević to maneuver through the defense. 16 minutes into the match, Preševo's goalkeeper Matija Ljubenović had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Uglješa Bitić. In the 18th minute Bojan Breković shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matija Ljubenović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Mirko Aksić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Preševo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 22 minutes into the game, Bojan Breković lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Matija Ljubenović. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dušan Brajić in the 26th minute of play forced Irig's goalkeeper Ljubiša Vukajlović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mirko Aksić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ljubiša Vukajlović having to interfere. Ljubiša Vukajlović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Svetomir Zlatković in the 37th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Svetomir Zlatković made the kick off in the second half. When Irig's Uglješa Bitić in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Preševo's goalie prevented a goal. Matija Ljubenović didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vaso Marunović went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 56 minutes into the game, one of Preševo:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Matija Ljubenović had in the 58thth minute some difficulties stopping Radislav Mirković's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Radislav Mirković had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matija Ljubenović. Preševo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Radislav Mirković was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Ljubiša Vukajlović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mirko Aksić in the 60th minute of play. Matija Ljubenović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Uglješa Bitić in the 62nd minute of play. Svetomir Zlatković could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Ljubiša Vukajlović made a huge save. Matija Ljubenović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vaso Marunović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matija Ljubenović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uglješa Bitić in the 69th minute of the match. A collision led to Irig getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Vaso Marunović hit a great ball. The Preševo fans' excitement grew in the 72nd match minute when Preševo's Svetomir Zlatković looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Radomir Mrdaković kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Ljubiša Vukajlović made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Svetomir Zlatković sent off a good shot on target. Ljubiša Vukajlović was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Svetomir Zlatković showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-3 in the 79 minute of play. After 83 played minutes Irig got a freekick which was hit by Vaso Marunović. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mirko Aksić in the 87th minute of play forced Irig's goalkeeper Ljubiša Vukajlović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, Svetomir Zlatković had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ljubiša Vukajlović. Irig's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Svetomir Zlatković was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-4. After 94 played minutes, Irig's Radislav Mirković shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Matija Ljubenović came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Irig reached it.