League Play-Off

Dabnica
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edrin Filimon made the kick off which started today's match. Ratomir Zlatanovski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Boris Gavrilovski went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Ratomir Zlatanovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikodim Dobrev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Boris Gavrilovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ratomir Zlatanovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikodim Dobrev in the 10th minute of play. Kostadin Metodijev took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ivica Haliti. Ivica Haliti 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. Edrin Filimon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Kostadin Metodijev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivica Haliti having to interfere. Boris Gavrilovski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 23rdth minute, Ratomir Zlatanovski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Srbinovo's Ratomir Zlatanovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Srbinovo from getting a goal against them. Ratomir Zlatanovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikodim Dobrev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Dabnica getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Jonko Serafimoski hit a great ball. Ivica Haliti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kostadin Metodijev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nikodim Dobrev to make the kick off. Nikodim Dobrev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikodim Dobrev in the 55th minute of play forced Srbinovo's goalkeeper Ratomir Zlatanovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Boris Gavrilovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nikodim Dobrev's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ratomir Zlatanovski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. Ivica Haliti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edrin Filimon, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Nikodim Dobrev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ratomir Zlatanovski having to interfere. When Boris Gavrilovski came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Dabnica 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 Boris Gavrilovski couldn't finish the play. In the 75th minute Nikodim Dobrev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ratomir Zlatanovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ilija Ilič charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ilija Ilič the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 75th minute, Ilija Ilič hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 78 minutes into the game, Boris Gavrilovski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Ratomir Zlatanovski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Edrin Filimon was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 82nd minute. Srbinovo's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Edrin Filimon received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ivica Haliti came out and tried to block the shot, but Edrin Filimon slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 83rd minute. Nikodim Dobrev took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ratomir Zlatanovski. Ratomir Zlatanovski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Ratomir Zlatanovski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Boris Gavrilovski's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. The audience was convinced that Boris Gavrilovski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ratomir Zlatanovski was relentless in the 96th minute of the game.