League Play-Off

Dabilje Gradski Stad
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. Leontie Bardulla started the match with the kick off. Grigor Halili showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Kastrati, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Grigor Halili came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Iliovo Sloboda's Ivan Kastrati. But to his dismay, Ivan Kastrati quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Leontie Bardulla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Marko Čerepnalkovski took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vangel Pavlovski. Vangel Pavlovski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Marko Čerepnalkovski's late challenge caught a Iliovo Sloboda's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marko Čerepnalkovski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 17th match minute, Dabilje was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marko Čerepnalkovski to maneuver through the defense. After 18 played minutes Dabilje got a freekick which was hit by Momčilo Spasenov. Momčilo Spasenov hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Milutin Mijatovič received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Grigor Halili tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vangel Pavlovski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marko Čerepnalkovski in the 27th minute. When Milutin Mijatovič came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Iliovo Sloboda fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Milutin Mijatovič couldn't finish the play. Milutin Mijatovič sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Grigor Halili showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeton Davidovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Milutin Mijatovič made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Dabilje's goalkeeper Grigor Halili had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jeton Davidovski. 54 minutes into the match, Leontie Bardulla notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Iliovo Sloboda's Vangel Pavlovski. Vangel Pavlovski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Jeton Davidovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grigor Halili was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Vangel Pavlovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leontie Bardulla, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. When Vase Mitanovski fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Iliovo Sloboda's protests and gave Vase Mitanovski a yellow card for diving instead. Vase Mitanovski hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After 64 minutes Iliovo Sloboda's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Venko Nasevski who took care of the corner kick. Grigor Halili made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Jeton Davidovski sent off a good shot on target. Vangel Pavlovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leontie Bardulla in the 69th minute of the match. Leontie Bardulla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vangel Pavlovski having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Milutin Mijatovič managed to get in a good position for a shot. Iliovo Sloboda's supporters rose to their feet, but Milutin Mijatovič was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grigor Halili breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Momčilo Spasenov kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Jeton Davidovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Grigor Halili came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Iliovo Sloboda's Jeton Davidovski. But to his dismay, Jeton Davidovski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Marko Čerepnalkovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leontie Bardulla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vangel Pavlovski having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Iliovo Sloboda's zone, Leontie Bardulla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vangel Pavlovski came out of the goal and Leontie Bardulla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marko Čerepnalkovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 91st minute of the match Venko Nasevski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vangel Pavlovski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.