League Play-Off

Galičani
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luka Vikentijevski made the kick off which started today's match. Ivo Ordanovski lost his temper 4 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of Galičani Partizan:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Dren Sloga:s goal. The referee gave Dren Sloga a penalty, 6 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Temelko Arsovski, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Galičani Partizan's Gorazd Kostov. 0-1. Luka Vikentijevski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 14 minutes into the match, Apostol Trpev notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Dren Sloga's Kostadin Skenderovski. Kostadin Skenderovski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 24 minutes into the match, Dren Sloga's Luka Vikentijevski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gorazd Kostov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gorazd Kostov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miron Trajcevski in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Miron Trajcevski 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. Miron Trajcevski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gorazd Kostov having to interfere. 40 minutes into the game, Sare Amiti was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Galičani Partizan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dren Sloga the free kick. The supporters of Dren Sloga booed when Galičani Partizan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sare Amiti didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dren Sloga's Miron Trajcevski got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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.

Apostol Trpev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Apostol Trpev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kostadin Skenderovski having to interfere. Petrit Bardulla took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gorazd Kostov. Galičani Partizan's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Miron Trajcevski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gorazd Kostov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. Jonko Pančev blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gorazd Kostov having to make a save. An unexpected shot in the 71st minute by Luka Vikentijevski got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Apostol Trpev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Galičani Partizan's supporters rose to their feet, but Apostol Trpev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kostadin Skenderovski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luka Vikentijevski in the 78th minute of play forced Galičani Partizan's goalkeeper Gorazd Kostov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gezim Andonovski's late challenge caught a Dren Sloga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gezim Andonovski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th match minute, Galičani Partizan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gezim Andonovski to maneuver through the defense. Miron Trajcevski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Gorazd Kostov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Miron Trajcevski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gorazd Kostov having to make a save. If Luka Vikentijevski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 84th minute, Apostol Trpev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kostadin Skenderovski was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Dren Sloga's Luka Vikentijevski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gorazd Kostov. That made the score 2-2 after 92 minutes of play. 99 minutes into the match, Galičani Partizan's goalkeeper Gorazd Kostov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Miron Trajcevski. The Dren Sloga players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Galičani Partizan from taking control. The game ends in a draw.