League Play-Off

Avtokomanda
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Trajan Sitnikovski made the kick off which started today's match. Svetozar Temelkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Alek Radulovič tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Svetozar Temelkov sped through Avtokomanda Rabotnički's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alek Radulovič. Dule Spasovski's late challenge caught a Medzitlija's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dule Spasovski helped the player get up and apologised. 8 minutes into the game, one of Avtokomanda Rabotnički:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The audience was convinced that Hajdar Angelevski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alek Radulovič was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Svetozar Temelkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Alek Radulovič tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 23 minutes, Gorazd Božovič managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Avtokomanda Rabotnički's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gorazd Božovič was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 26 minutes into the game, Trajan Sitnikovski recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Tase Mišev. Trajan Sitnikovski showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. After a rather tough play, Medzitlija's Leka Ilič got a free kick in the 30th minute. Dule Spasovski succeeded in the game's 31st minute to get real power on a long shot . Medzitlija's Tase Mišev hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 2-1! Gorazd Božovič blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tase Mišev having to make a save. Gorazd Božovič could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Tase Mišev made a huge save. Gorazd Božovič sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hajdar Angelevski made a kick off. In the 56th minute, Gorazd Božovič made a precise shot to the right of Tase Mišev. Medzitlija's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In a very dangerous position, a player in Medzitlija fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 60th minute. Penalty! Dule Spasovski placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! In the 67th match minute, Avtokomanda Rabotnički was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pandil Najdenoski to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Avtokomanda Rabotnički's Milo Nikiforov got a free kick in the 70th minute. Medzitlija's Nikifor Andreevski got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Pandil Najdenoski was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 75 minutes had been played. A collision led to Avtokomanda Rabotnički getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Pandil Najdenoski hit a great ball. 76 minutes into the match, Hajdar Angelevski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alek Radulovič, 3-2. Tritan Popov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tase Mišev having to interfere. Tase Mišev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gorazd Božovič in the 87th minute of the match. Medzitlija's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.