League Play-Off

Marino
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mihajlo Rajkoski got the match started through his kick off. When Todor Nikiforovski fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Amzabegovo Sloga's protests and gave Todor Nikiforovski a yellow card for diving instead. When Martin Maksimovski came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Marino Sloga 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 Martin Maksimovski couldn't finish the play. After 7 played minutes Amzabegovo Sloga got a freekick which was hit by Tase Floroski. Nebošja Lazarevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksandar Dukov in the 15th minute of the match. Martin Maksimovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Zograf Andreevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amzabegovo Sloga's Zograf Andreevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihajlo Rajkoski in the 21st minute of play. Aleksandar Dukov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nebošja Lazarevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Branko Grigorijevski in the 26th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Branko Grigorijevski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Amzabegovo Sloga fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksandar Dukov in the 33rd minute of play forced Marino Sloga's goalkeeper Nebošja Lazarevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nebošja Lazarevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Branko Grigorijevski in the 35th minute of the match. Aleksandar Dukov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nebošja Lazarevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksandar Dukov in the 45th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dragutin Mirkovič during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aleksandar Dukov made a kick off. In the 55th minute, Aleksandar Dukov fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. A collision led to Marino Sloga getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Dragutin Mirkovič hit a great ball. Martin Maksimovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Branko Grigorijevski got free with Nebošja Lazarevski in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nebošja Lazarevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksandar Dukov in the 63rd minute of the match. Dragutin Mirkovič was shown his second yellow card after 65 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Marino Sloga getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Dragutin Mirkovič hit a great ball. Aleksandar Dukov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69th minute, Branko Grigorijevski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nebošja Lazarevski was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Nebošja Lazarevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Branko Grigorijevski in the 72nd minute of play. Martin Maksimovski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zograf Andreevski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. If Branko Grigorijevski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zograf Andreevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Maksimovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. After some careless play in the Marino Sloga defense, Branko Grigorijevski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nebošja Lazarevski. The Marino Sloga fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nebošja Lazarevski should have stopped the shot. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Amzabegovo Sloga eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.