League Play-Off

Ljuboten Gradski Sta
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. Milorad Beriša started the match with the kick off. Milorad Beriša sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Milorad Beriša managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jargulica's supporters rose to their feet, but Milorad Beriša was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Živojin Grigorijevski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Ljuboten FK's Blagoja Damevski got a free kick in the 13th minute. Ljuboten FK's Živojin Grigorijevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikanor Djurovski in the 15th minute of play. Nikanor Djurovski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Živojin Grigorijevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 18 minutes, Menduh Partenijev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ljuboten FK and the Jargulica players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Jargulica booed when Ljuboten FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Menduh Partenijev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 21st minute Milorad Beriša shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Živojin Grigorijevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikanor Djurovski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Antonio Filipovič showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vidoe Hristov, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Milorad Beriša managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jargulica's supporters rose to their feet, but Milorad Beriša was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Živojin Grigorijevski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 31 minutes into the match, Jargulica's goal looked a bit too open when Nino Goševski came free, but Antonio Filipovič reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ljuboten FK's Nino Goševski got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nino Goševski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Ljuboten FK booed when Jargulica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nase Temelkovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute Vidoe Hristov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Filipovič saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonio Filipovič made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nino Goševski in the 40th minute. Živojin Grigorijevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikanor Djurovski in the 42nd minute of play. If Nino Goševski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vidoe Hristov to make the kick off. Ljuboten FK's Živojin Grigorijevski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Ljuboten FK from getting a goal against them. If Nikanor Djurovski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Antonio Filipovič came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Ljuboten FK's Vidoe Hristov. But to his dismay, Vidoe Hristov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After some careless play in the Ljuboten FK defense, Milorad Beriša kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Živojin Grigorijevski. The Ljuboten FK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Živojin Grigorijevski should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Milorad Beriša managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jargulica's supporters rose to their feet, but Milorad Beriša was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Živojin Grigorijevski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Jargulica defense, Vidoe Hristov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Antonio Filipovič. The Jargulica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Antonio Filipovič should have stopped the shot. In the 83rd minute, Milorad Beriša fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Živojin Grigorijevski, passed just outside the right post. Ljuboten FK's Živojin Grigorijevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Milorad Beriša in the 83rd minute of play. Milorad Beriša did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Živojin Grigorijevski 84 minutes into the match. After 87 played minutes Jargulica got a freekick which was hit by Nebošja Celevski. Milorad Beriša received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Živojin Grigorijevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Blagoja Damevski came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Ljuboten FK 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 Blagoja Damevski couldn't finish the play.