League Play-Off

Dabnica Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Razvan Pandev took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Dabnica Napredok's Razvan Pandev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mihajlo Efremov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Žvan's Mihajlo Efremov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samoil Andonovski in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th minute Stefan Mirkovič shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barjet Taleski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dabnica Napredok's Barjet Taleski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefan Mirkovič in the 11th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Dabnica Napredok's goal looked a bit too open when Teodor Sadiku came free, but Barjet Taleski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 19 minutes of play, Žvan's Luljet Stojmenov made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Barjet Taleski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mihajlo Efremov stood somewhat misplaced when Bora Cvetkovski came free in front of goal and shot 1-1 to the left of him in the 32 minute. Barjet Taleski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefan Mirkovič, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barjet Taleski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Mirkovič in the 38th minute of the match. Teodor Sadiku fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Barjet Taleski having to interfere. After 43 minutes, Teofan Sidovski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dabnica Napredok and the Žvan players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Žvan booed when Dabnica Napredok was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teofan Sidovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 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.

In the 51st minute, Skender Miševski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dabnica Napredok's Barjet Taleski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Dabnica Napredok from getting a goal against them. Igor Nikoloski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Barjet Taleski having to interfere. Teodor Sadiku sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 67th match minute, Dabnica Napredok was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Razvan Pandev to maneuver through the defense. In the 71st minute, Razvan Pandev made a precise shot to the right of Mihajlo Efremov. Žvan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. After 74 played minutes Dabnica Napredok got a freekick which was hit by Samoil Andonovski. Teodor Sadiku received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Barjet Taleski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Teodor Sadiku sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.