League Play-Off

Ovčare Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pavel Cizelj started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bojan Vekić in the 7th minute of play forced Ovčare's goalkeeper Pravdan Mahalec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Bojan Vekić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tomo Drmić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavel Cizelj, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Tomo Drmić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Cizelj in the 16th minute of the match. Milivoj Dubravčić in the 24thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tomo Drmić, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After having played for 25 minutes, Pavel Cizelj managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ovčare's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pavel Cizelj was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 26 minutes of play, Ovčare's Milivoj Dubravčić made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tomo Drmić was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pavel Cizelj sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 34th match minute, Križevci Naprijed was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Borna Mijić to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 38 minutes, Pavel Cizelj managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ovčare's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pavel Cizelj was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Križevci Naprijed's Ivan Krkan got a free kick in the 44th minute. Pavel Cizelj received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tomo Drmić came out and tried to block the shot, but Pavel Cizelj slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 46th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bojan Vekić to strike the kick off in the second half. Ovčare's Pavel Cizelj got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavel Cizelj in the 57th minute of play forced Križevci Naprijed's goalkeeper Tomo Drmić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pavel Cizelj sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59th match minute, Križevci Naprijed was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Borko Benjak to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute of the match Ovčare got a corner. Križevci Naprijed's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lucijan Težak ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Ovčare's Lado Pavičić got a free kick in the 62nd minute. In the 62nd minute, Lado Pavičić fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vatroslav Mijić in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tomo Drmić saved Križevci Naprijed from getting behind. Borko Selnik could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Pravdan Mahalec made a huge save. Borna Mijić hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Milivoj Dubravčić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Tomo Drmić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Križevci Naprijed's Borko Selnik sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pravdan Mahalec narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ovčare's Milivoj Dubravčić got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pavel Cizelj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomo Drmić having to interfere. Tomo Drmić stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pavel Cizelj's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. The supporters of Križevci Naprijed booed when Ovčare was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vid Josipović didn't get a good kick on the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Ovčare fully deserved thier win.