League Play-Off

ATTACK ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Carmelo Montrell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rangel Stojkovski kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Bergin Sokolov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stamen Tomevski having to interfere. Carmelo Montrell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raino Eklund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naum Emini in the 19th minute of play. After 20 minutes of play, Šipkovica's Naum Emini made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raino Eklund was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 27 played minutes Attack got a freekick which was hit by Betim Kostadinov. After a defensive mix-up in Attack's zone, Naum Emini stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raino Eklund came out of the goal and Naum Emini tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 36 minutes into the game, Miroslav Aliu recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stamen Tomevski. Miroslav Aliu showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. In the 38th minute, Attack's Miroslav Aliu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. In the 41st minute, Miroslav Aliu 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Barjet Nikiforovski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Carmelo Montrell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Stamen Tomevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Naum Emini during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 63 played minutes Šipkovica got a freekick which was hit by Naum Emini. After 64 played minutes Attack got a freekick which was hit by Miroslav Aliu. Miroslav Aliu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Stamen Tomevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carmelo Montrell in the 69th minute of the match. Stamen Tomevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miroslav Aliu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute Carmelo Montrell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stamen Tomevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stamen Tomevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miroslav Aliu, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Bergin Sokolov might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stamen Tomevski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bergin Sokolov ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 78 minutes, Miroslav Aliu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Attack's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miroslav Aliu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Miroslav Aliu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 82 minutes into the match, Carmelo Montrell notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of Šipkovica's Stamen Tomevski. Stamen Tomevski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Miroslav Aliu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Stamen Tomevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stamen Tomevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carmelo Montrell in the 89th minute of the match. If Leontie Despotovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.