League Play-Off

Banjica Gradski Stad
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Hristo Dimitrijevski started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Borino booed when Banjica FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivica Lukič didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zograf Taleski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Marko Kuzmanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zograf Taleski charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zograf Taleski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Banjica FK booed when Borino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zograf Taleski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zograf Taleski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Marko Kuzmanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17thth minute of the game Lambe Utkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Banjica FK's Marko Kuzmanov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 22 minutes into the match, Banjica FK's goal looked a bit too open when Lambe Utkov came free, but Marko Kuzmanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marko Kuzmanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lambe Utkov in the 22nd minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Banjica FK's goal looked a bit too open when Lambe Utkov came free, but Marko Kuzmanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ljupčo Pandiloski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Srečko Mihailovski having to interfere. If Ljupčo Pandiloski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marko Kuzmanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zograf Taleski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zograf Taleski made a kick off. Borino's Srečko Mihailovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ljupčo Pandiloski in the 55th minute of play. Ljupčo Pandiloski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Srečko Mihailovski having to interfere. Srečko Mihailovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ljupčo Pandiloski in the 60th minute of play. In the 65th minute Hristo Dimitrijevski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Srečko Mihailovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th match minute, Banjica FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ljupčo Dimovski to maneuver through the defense. Lambe Utkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Marko Kuzmanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hristo Dimitrijevski's late challenge caught a Borino's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hristo Dimitrijevski helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Borino booed when Banjica FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hristo Dimitrijevski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 92 minutes into the match, Ljupčo Pandiloski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Srečko Mihailovski. Borino's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ljupčo Pandiloski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Banjica FK fans cheered their team off the field, for while Borino had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.