League Play-Off

Bilice Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tommy Qela started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute, Tommy Qela left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U.S. Triestina Calcio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. U.S. Triestina Calcio's defense didn't have a chance, in the 8th minute, when Ivan Bencur scored to the left of an out of position Davor Moro, making the score, 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Bencur got free with Davor Moro in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Bencur got free with Davor Moro in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Qela in the 15th minute of play forced Bilice Sloga's goalkeeper Vid Sturko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trpimir Bajo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Vid Sturko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 24 minutes, Trpimir Bajo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U.S. Triestina Calcio's supporters crossed their fingers, but Trpimir Bajo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Davor Moro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vlado Strižak, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Vlado Strižak charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vlado Strižak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 35th match minute, Bilice Sloga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vlado Strižak to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Bilice Sloga's Aleksandar Matrljan got a free kick in the 40th minute. Ivan Bencur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Davor Moro having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vlado Strižak was the one to do the kick off. Davor Moro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Filković in the 54th minute of play. In the 57thth minute of the game Vlado Strižak who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U.S. Triestina Calcio's Davor Moro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Davor Moro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vlado Strižak in the 58th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Bilice Sloga's Vlado Strižak sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Davor Moro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tommy Qela sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vlado Strižak in the 65th minute of play forced U.S. Triestina Calcio's goalkeeper Davor Moro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Davor Moro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Bencur in the 67th minute of play. Vid Sturko acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 69th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Renato Agić. In the 73rd minute, Vlado Strižak 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. Ivan Bencur might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Davor Moro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ivan Bencur ran back to his position shaking his head. Davor Moro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vlado Strižak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, U.S. Triestina Calcio's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Bencur came free, but Davor Moro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 81 played minutes Bilice Sloga got a freekick which was hit by Davor Kralj. Davor Moro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Bencur in the 85th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Bencur in the 91st minute of play forced U.S. Triestina Calcio's goalkeeper Davor Moro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The U.S. Triestina Calcio players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Bilice Sloga from taking control. The game ends in a draw.